We lie like that for some unknowable length of time, not saying anything, just content to feel and consider. Flickering light from the fire fills the room, and I for one don't want to break the spell.

Lexi speaks first, with a quiet 'Wow.'

I twist to look up at her.

'Seriously, Robs, if I'd suspected you were that talented I'd have let you do that long ago.'

'If I'd known how unbelievably hot you were under your clothes, and your taste and scent, I'd have raped you in your sleep long before that' I return, quietly.

'Really?' she laughs, slightly out of breath.

'I've loved you all my life,...