"I don't know, it seems a reasonable thing to be embarrassed about," Krem said, but even that sounded silly. He let Thomas pull his fingers away from his face, sighed softly at the light kiss, even turned toward that a little bit. It was nice and more of a comfort than Thomas's easy agreement.

"I just figured," he said, looking at Thomas now, "that it was sort of what you meant, when you suggested it. Even if we were just joking. Pictures or movies or--that sort of thing?"

He was quiet a second longer before he flushed, all dark and nervous. "And apparently there's a whole niche market out there, for guys like me."

The implicit implication there was, of course, that he'd already watched some of these videos.