Boy Problems

[Nikolai Sleptov]

They went on like that for a few moments before he found his hands grappling with quite a mind of their own at the fastenings of her clothing. It was rare—too rare—that Nikolai allowed himself to give into irrationality, and he knew that if he halted his course now, he would be unlikely to ever resume it.

  

[Rosaline Bennett]

She really ought to stop him. Decency and logic said that, but Rose had never been once for decency, and instead fumbled with the buttons on his shirt. Damn the consequences - they had been dancing around this for far too long.

  

[Nikolai Sleptov]

Any hesitation the wizard might have mustered was stymied by Mrs. Rosaline’s apparent eagerness. Widow and husband grappled with one another’s clothes and then one another as both finally gave in to the inevitable.