Genuine affection on his part felt strange. Leaning in to meet Sam's kiss, the urge to cup his face and tangle his fingers into the wolf's hair was too strong to resist. So he didn't resist. One hand came up to rest a palm alongside Sam's jaw. His free arm draped over those broad shoulders to let his fingers play at the shortest of his lover's hair along the nape. All real. All without artifice. All so strange and new to Matthias.

It made him feel giddy.

How long has it been since he's experienced something truly new? So very long.

When the broke apart, Matthias laughed softly. "It couldn't be helped. You're delicious." In more ways than one.