"We shouldn't," he said again, but only because he was supposed to. Caleb's hand against his skin was intimate in a way he'd never known. The most physical affection he'd known was from his siblings and usually only Temperance or else Uriel and Charity in gratitude for help in lessons. This was not familial. This was hot and sent heat pooling into his stomach and lower.

Instinct made his hips cant forward, sliding a leg between Caleb's. Even that little bit of new friction became delicious and unbearable. It provoked a low moan out of him as he kissed Caleb harder.