For half a second, Oliver worried what Melinda would say about his condition. He knew it was a risk to put some on what happened between them, but he would rather risk her leaving than shag her without confirming that they had the same ideas about where the two of them were going. But she didn't leave. To his very great delight, she agreed. She wanted to be a couple too. He felt his heart swell, which meant much more than the swelling that was happening in his trousers. That was much less common, though no less exciting.
"I can't say how happy you just made me," Oliver said, his voice breathless and a bit gruff with emotion and more than a little gruff with his lust. He kissed her back, and then when she started rummaging and pulled out a rubber, his face broke out into a huge grin and he laughed a bit, running a hand through her hair and kissing her again. "You're perfect. I'd have summoned my own, but do you know how sexy and amazing and perfect it is that you brought it? Mel," he said, before kissing her again. He put her hands on his trousers to help him take them off. They were in this together, after all.