Xanthippe had really missed him calling her that. It was dumb how a single word could send such a thrill through her, but it did. Of course, the way he worked his way up to her ear helped too. Suddenly, her face felt warm.

And it wasn't the only thing. "God, what would be the point if you stopped now?" she gasped, which probably made it clear that it was a rhetorical question. And if it didn't, well, maybe it helped when she gave him a little nudge with the intention of maybe getting them to the other side of the couch. "I haven't seen you in forever, you're not freaking stopping."

At some point they were probably going to remember the flowers. Maybe.