" 'Family emergency' is just about right, I'd say." He took her lean as permission to put more hands on her.
"If I didn't know any better," Pierre smirked, trying to recapture normal, good things with that indelicate sense of humor of his, "I'd say you like me just like this." A sly smile crept over him and he watched her for her reaction. He lay one of his hands on the curve of her waist, enjoying the feeling of her skin and never wanting to let go. The thought of flipping her off of him and pinning her to the bed with his hips flitted across his mind before disappearing as quickly as it came.
"Besides, no witch can do anything about this burn," Pierre said with a quiet conviction. His humor hollowed again with his wistful remembrance of what it was like to move his body without caution. "This is a demon burn. It's probably going to be a scar forever."