"I never dared to imagine touching you like this. If I started to, I'd distract myself with music, or work at the theatre in the middle of the night. Which happened so often I think the other workers suspect faeries are doing their job."
He sweeps his hands around to her stomach, thumbs brushing against the curve of her breasts while he works up his nerve to undress her further. Or waits for her to do it herself, he isn't particular either way.