Alec was pleased by this reaction, and he traced a little pattern on her hip, subtle enough to still be unintentional but more insistent than the light tracing he'd been doing before. He wasn't trying to punish her, per se, but he was certainly trying to get her in the mood, being that they hadn't done it in days and that was a long time for them, since usually a matter of minutes without tearing each others' clothes off was difficult.