"Your tattoo looks good," Thomas said, reaching up and tracing one finger lightly over the design. The tattoo had been healing when he'd last seen it and he'd been too shy to really look closely.

Now though, he was close enough to see all the detail there and he leaned closer until his nose nearly touched Krem's skin to get a better look at it.

The water slicking down his body made his finger glide smoothly and eventually he stopped tracing the tattoo and let his fingers slide over Krem's shoulder and down along the hard ridge of his collar bone.