"Do you want me to take it off?"

Scorpius is feeling bold enough to ask, heart pounding and blood racing, more than a little caught up in the moment himself.

This is his adorably shy but equally bold boyfriend, who sought him out after half-a-summer apart and initiated their first kiss, and so he is certainly not thinking about stopping.

Not yet, anyway.

Not until Al or him are feeling decidedly uncomfortable with the direction.