He's done more on less, when he's had to - but given the opportunity, he'd rather not have to. And it seems his luck is finally turning around on that point...and on a few others as well. There's a reason his cheeks heat up, after all, at the suggestion of alternatives to breakfast.

(How wonderful to receive tacit encouragement for another round of cunnilingus. Ever a sucker for evidence of a job well done, he's torn between embarrassment and preening.)

"I'd like that." As banter goes, it's far too earnest, but thus far, clear admissions of desire have served him well. "A slightly later start - or perhaps an earlier one. I could ask them to have some food sent up to us around sunrise."