Rather than have Dal be so exposed first when he was nervous about their first time together, Gabriel took that leap. Unbuttoning his shirt, he shrugged out of it and let it fall away. Between the lack of his glasses and now his shirt? He was definitely voluntarily putting himself in a more vulnerable position but Dal was well worth that in his eyes.

When the kiss broke this time, he smiled at him and reached to make sure that his boyfriend would have a pillow to rest against. Only then did he start to press kisses along his jaw and neck, fingers playing with the skin under that shirt but currently taking his time. There was no need to rush their first time together like this.