"Well, had I known about your illness sooner... but it seems now you will have little need of my remedies, save for most dire circumstances."

He brushed his fingers over the necklace of bitemarks and hickeys he'd left over Arthur's chest, all of them already fading.

He was about to freshen them up a little when Arthur was kissing him again and again and oh, it was heavenly. He reached so that he could cradle Arthur's cheeks in his hands, legs wrapping around his waist, as he kissed him soundly.