Athos is careful to remove another layer before he does so. Away goes his belts, then his gloves, and his pauldron is carefully set aside. He has all the markings of a Captain, yet, but they are soon littering the floor as he becomes the man he'd thought he left aside so very long ago.

Now, he crawls atop her and snags his fingers in her shift, twisting up the fabric to bring her close for a hard kiss.