"Reminds me of that night on the beach," he pants. "When you took my breath away, thought I was seeing stars 'cause I was gonna pass out, but it wasn't... wasn't that. Was seeing different...different stars. Ones I'd never seen before."

His hands are shaking a little, knees already weak, but he's determined to hold her here until she either takes control or he goes down.

"What... what would you do with me?"