vax doesn't need further permission. he leans in to cup fjord's cheek, smiling for a moment with a breath hanging between them, and then he leans in, touching a soft kiss to his cheeks and then finally, between those tusks to his lips.

"i love you," he murmurs softly against him, "i love every part of you that you've trusted me to see. i can only hope you trust me with more to come, until you have to go home."

another kiss, intimate and gentle, and vax shifts their positions until he's straddling fjord's hips. he does his best to keep their lips together, chasing fjord when he's too far to reach.