She hasn't had a lot of this, this lazy sort of foreplay, kissing and touching and not pushing for anything too quickly. Maeve doesn't like to compare, partly because she doesn't have a lot to compare to, but things have been different with Steve almost right from the start.

And this is nice. She hadn't even realized she'd like something like this, something slow and soft. Something that feels a lot less like fucking than it does something else.

"Yeah, it's been okay," she says, then nuzzles her nose against his cheek. "I like this part."