"I always try to make the best of a situation, darling." The sensation of Mattheiu's hand along the scales is surprisingly nice, and he lets his eyes drift shut with a pleased sigh. "It makes things interesting no?"

Perhaps many wouldn't be as calm as he was at that moment, but after so many millennia alive there was so very little that could shake him anymore. He'd much rather lean in to steal a kiss from his reaper, after all.