The older man threw back his head and laughed, as though that were the funniest joke he'd ever heard. If he ever needed a reminder on why he was bothering with this naive young Runes professor, all he'd have to do was remember that line. Asexual? Oh, it was too funny.

"Is that so?" he asked, when he finally caught his breath again, his cheek red with merriment. "Oh, well, then, I suppose you won't enjoy this at all."

And his hands started playing over the bare skin of Cy's chest. Broad palms stroked from stomach up to shoulders, then down again, as his fingers danced over the younger man's ribs and hips. Then his thumbs circled each nipple, closing in to pinch them lightly, then rub them in gentle flicks. "Not even a little bit ... "