Caspian wrapped his arms around Iris’s back and waist, pulling her as close to himself as possible as they kissed in Miles’ bathroom. When he’d first come up with the idea to sneak away from the others, he hadn’t planned to lock lips with her right away. He still wanted to talk to her and find out how she was doing since he and the others had helped her escape from the hospital. With Jay and Miles around, they couldn’t speak freely with each other, so now was their only chance to have that private conversation. However, as he felt her fingers tangle in his hair and her lips move against his, all thoughts of talking fled from his mind.

A low sigh escaped from his throat, and he clutched at the fabric of her dress in a heated frenzy, lost in his rekindled desire to be with her. Distantly, he was glad that they’d had a chance to check in with each other when Miles had gone to the front door to let Jay in. Now that he was certain her feelings for him hadn’t changed while they had been apart, he had no more reservations about deepening the kiss as he held her against the bathroom wall just out of sight from where his friends had collapsed in their drug-induced stupors.

The secrecy of the encounter made it more thrilling for him as well. Every relationship he’d ever had had been conducted in secret, since the king didn’t allow him to date, but he’d never made out with a woman in a darkened room before, only three meters away from two people who had no idea what they were doing. Surprisingly, he found it exciting to know that they ran the rink of being caught if either of the other high borns shined a light through the glass door. Having that knowledge in the back of his head only fueled his fervor, and he reached up with one hand to run his fingers through her long hair.

[color=#b97703]“You remembered, didn’t you?”[/color] he breathed against her lips, trailing his other hand against the dark red dress as he opened his eyes to look down at her smaller frame sandwiched between himself and the wall. He smiled, and his eyes flicked back up to meet hers, still hovering close enough that the air from his lungs mingled with hers in the sliver of space between them. [color=#b97703]“You look beautiful, Iris.”[/color] Touching another kiss to her mouth, he closed his eyes again as he melted into her once more.

Though he didn’t have much experience being with someone else physically, he felt comfortable enough with her that there was no hesitation in his movements. He knew what he wanted, and he knew she wanted the same thing, so he acted with confidence, leaning some of his weight into her to pin her against the smooth surface while he transitioned to her jawline, teasing her skin with his lips and tongue.