[ a smile blooms across his features, loving and fond. ]

Then I shall say it as much as you like.

[ hythlodaeus' hands smooth over hades' broad shoulders, and down his arms. ]

I missed touching you.

[ his chin tips upward, stealing hades' mouth in another long, lingering kiss, his voice a whisper against bowed lips. ]

I missed kissing you.

[ he smiles again, warm against his lover's mouth, his hands now smoothing up his abdomen, over his chest, appreciating every touch, every sensation, the slipperiness of the water between their bodies as he nudges both his nose and mouth alongside hades', closing his eyes, breathing him in, drinking in every familiar detail, the privilege of being near him. ]

I missed every little thing, the way you look when you smile, enjoying a glass of wine after dinner, sleeping beside you, sitting at the edge of your desk as you worked..

[ everything. everything. ]