Darcy smiled at her, “Well, like you, he has magical abilities. It is probably why you are attracted to each other.”Hackle made a chuffing sound a...d rubbed gently against Sage. She smiled and bent down. She whispered loudly, “You just got very lucky tonight.” Hackle rolled over and thumped his tail making those who had been listing chuckle.“If you wish, I can offer my saliva now and if you wait a couple of hours and help him through the change you can reward him in a manner, he will truly. Buckets on the floor showed where roof leaks emerged, and the plaster was clearly extensively damaged by damp. The wiring was clearly ancient, though it worked. There were two w/cs each with a hand-wash basin, but no hot water. The baptistry was a tile-lined pit in the sanctuary, about three feet deep and big enough for most adults to be fully immersed, of course, covered with a substantial wooden trap-door. A small, exquisite, two-manual pipe organ still worked, though it too obviously. He wasn’t afraid of waking Mark, not really. Mark slept like a rock, and he literally nothing short of pain could wake him up. Still, Brent didn’t want to act too lewd, it would all be pointless if he did everything while Mark was asleep. So a kiss would have to suffice. Bending over Mark’s face, Brent lowered his lips. He had never really paid attention to Mark’s lips before, since he had been thinking more down south, of when he could kiss something else that puckered tightly under a touch,. That is when Chris realized he would have to get off his ass and set things right. Originally, that had meant manipulating his old man into getting mom to let them back into the house and out of that cesspool of a motel. Sure he had to listen to his mom and sister belittle him from time to time, but they were so caught up in their own shit that they generally ignored him and life had been easy. Then they got back in and things went pear shaped for a while but he had managed to get it back on.