I got this, DEAD or ALIVE!

His hand is rough and calloused from years of war, the feeling of them trailing down your bare spine making you shiver slightly.

"What are you doing?" You ask. Beside you, your lover hums thoughtfully, pressing his palm a little more firmly into you as he pushes it back up towards your neck.

"I have conquered you several times over," He says. "Yet there are still walls I cannot breach."

You huff out a giggle and sit up some so that you can look at him. You can't see him all that well in the darkness of your room, but you know where he is and that's what matters.

"Is that so?" You ask, teasing. His hand rests on the back of your neck, not quite pushing you back down, but almost threatening to.

"You are a fortress most impenetrable. It's unacceptable, and I shall see you undone."

"If you wanted to have me again tonight, you could just ask, you know."

His hand moves to your shoulder and you let him push you over and roll you onto your back, giggling as he sits himself between your legs. He caresses your thigh with one hand, while the other presses into your stomach and slides up over your chest. You hum and arch your back at the feeling.

"I know your body inside and out, of that I am completely certain" He says proudly, his hand continuing upwards, over your throat. He traces your facial features with his fingers, then holds your face with an almost painful tenderness. He leans down to press his forehead against yours as best he can considering his great size. "It is your mental defenses that I cannot get through."

You hum, tilting your head up to bump his face with your nose. A silent request for a kiss he does not provide.

"Your mind is intricate and beautiful, but it hides so many secrets," He speaks softer now, the slightest bit more vulnerable than before. "Why is that? Why can't I break through you in the same way you've broken through me? What power do you hold that I cannot grasp?"

"Patience, for one thing," You can't help teasing him a little. But you, too, soften, and lift your hand to touch his face, mirroring his caress with one of your own. "Maybe I just have more to lose if you see something you don't like."

"You are perfection beyond anything I could design and build with my own hands. Even despite whatever flaws you believe you have. There is nothing about you that I could dislike."

"Oh, I doubt that."

He huffs and finally presses a kiss to the corner of your mouth.