He can't last long. He'd been far too riled up before they had even hit the bed. It's the laughter that pushes him over the edge, gasping for air and gulping out a few soft laughs of his own.

His entire body feels exhausted and contented all over again, but that doesn't stop him from continuing to touch coaxingly. There's a hazy thickness to his voice as his lips drop lazily along Archie's jaw line, nipping faint punctuation.

"And, when we’ve... counted up the many thousands, confuse them-- so as not to know them all, so that no enemy may cast an evil eye, by knowing that... there were so many kisses."