The sensations are new though he decides that he enjoys them. Primarily due to Ivan's presence and care, but those were the only parts that truly mattered with this. Had Ivan been worried this would fail again? Duv swallows thickly, fighting hard to process his thoughts with the pushing desire to be touched and to feel Ivan's bare skin beneath his own hands.

"Ivan, I--" Duv manages to catch himself before the words love you leak out of his mouth. The incense talking? Surely. There's a welling of emotion inside him, stronger than he's ever felt towards another person, but applying a label to it now in the midst of things feels premature. Part of Duv isn't sure admitting such a feeling wouldn't send his boyfriend running in the other direction.

"I'd like that, very much," he finishes lamely.