[Maybe it's crazy, but he really likes Adrian's penchant for tucking against his neck. A lot of it is probably the vampirism, but he has a sneaking suspicion that some of it isn't; it's not just the blood in his veins, he suspects, but everything — the sound of his heart, the catch of his breath, the warmth of his skin.

Adrian leans against him, and he wraps his arms around him right back, close to cuddling in the way that they curl together.]

Are you like this even when it's not Iris...?

[Maybe there's a better way he could've asked that, but the gist is there, anyway.]

I mean — do you like to be held. Like this, whether it's Iris or not. Because I like it...