She couldn't remember a time when she had ever felt content because true contentment had not existed in her life before then.
Elena had come close but nothing made her as blissfully happy as she was right then, lying in his arms, breathing deeply as he drew patterns over her bare stomach and pressed butterfly kisses to her shoulder.
"Can we stay like this forever?"
It's a fantasy really because they both know eventually life will drag them from his bed. He can't resist trying to fix what's broken and his brother has been for a millennium.
"Always and forever."