Chapter song: Nothing's going to hurt you baby - Cigarettes after sex
Lucien wasn't sure what had come over him. The minute he saw Kenneth, he felt an urgent impulse to grab the man and hold him close.
He knew he needed some comfort, from what—he didn't know—not that it mattered, but he didn't know how to give comfort.
He never had to before. He was a Striker after all. It wasn't in their nature. Yet despite his naturally colder disposition, he knew somewhere in his heart that the man he was going to pair with needed some help.
What was the best way to help an Anchor? Through anchoring, of course.
But there was a problem he was facing right now. The minute his lips touched Kenneth's, a switch had been flipped. His tongue coaxed the redhead's from behind his lips, and he felt a soft lull enter his body, muddying his brain.
