"Lorelai, no," he said in a failed, stern tone, his husky voice betraying his body's reaction to what Lorelai was doing to him.

"Oh come on, Luke," she almost whined, slightly sticking her bottom lip out in a pout.

"No. I run a business where people see me all day long, and in this town where no one can keep their mouths shut, I'd never hear the end of it."

"So what, Luke? Who cares? Let me do it!"

"No."

"I want people to know you're mine."

"They already do."

"But... but... this is more... primal than that," she said huskily, raising one eyebrow suggestively. "Please?" Her lips were against his neck again, and he was having a harder time refusing her.

"Lorelai, you are not giving me a hickey!"

"Hee! You said it! You said 'hickey'!"

He could feel her whole body shaking with giggles as she lay on top of him under the sheets where they'd spent all morning making love. He tightened his arms around her waist and hugged her closer.

"It's not like I haven't given you a hickey before, mister."

"Oh, I know," he said, trailing his fingers up and down her spine.

"The one on your collarbone was particularly sexy," she continued, pulling back from him a bit and brushing her fingers across the contour of his collarbone.

"Uh-huh."

"And ooh, that one I gave you on your hip that time!"

"I remember," he said with a soft smile.

"That one was a lot of work."

He laughed.

"But I've never given you one where other people could see it!"

"I'd like to keep it that way."

Her lips went to his neck again, just below his left ear, and Luke wrapped his arms around her again, cradling her head in one hand as he deftly flipped them over so that he was now on top; in control. He chuckled softly and his lips landed on her neck this time, licking and sucking and kissing.

Lorelai gripped at the hair at the nape of his neck and began to squirm, tilting her head to give him better access. "Luke, what are you doing," she asked, and a curious smile formed on her lips.

"I'm giving you a hickey," he growled.

She giggled in delight, knowing he didn't fully think it through.

She let out a soft yelp when she felt his teeth nipping at the delicate skin, and sighed when he used his lips to soothe it.

"You do know that everyone's going to know that you gave me this very visible hickey on my neck..." she said with a smirk.

"Ah, jeez!" He dropped his forehead to her shoulder.

"Didn't think about that, huh?"

"No..." he sighed.

"Don't worry; I'll wear make-up over it. No one will ever notice it but me. And you." She grinned devilishly.

Luke buried his head further into the space where her shoulder met her neck, and chuckled. "The things you make me do..."

"Yeah, but you love me for it."

She could feel his smile against her skin.