Already, Dan is more emotionally invested in his relationship with Marcus than any other romantic relationship he's had; if a casual girlfriend had said something like this to him, with Dan able to feel the truth in it, he would have ended it immediately.

Now he only wants to press deeper into what he's feeling, what Marcus offers. He doesn't need much of the shine to understand how singular this is for the other man, too.

Not that Marcus is making it easy to Dan to think abut what he wants. Hands on his thighs, on his hips, and Dan wants hands everywhere. He wants to make out here on the sofa, he wants to be taken to bed. "I'm pretty sure," he whispers back, "that I'm going to want it all. Whatever you want to give me. Call it a hunch."

His hands go down to the hem of his t-shirt. "I really want you to touch me."