"It's cute," he assured with a sweet, rough hum of approval, words muttered into her hair. She almost smelled like strawberries, though Matthew was sure it was just his imagination.

He knew the last creator killed herself; it was part of the concern he had about his effect on Airy but her going over it gave him a thought and a spark of hope.

"It would have been a terrible re-write.. Does this mean you could, theoretically will an addiction out of your system?" Getting high and falling into the nearest thing that counted for a bed with her was the second best idea, since the first was out of the question.