Wow. The whole name. And you didn't even butcher it that badly.

[He teases, squeezing Abel in against his side. Things like that do come to him all too easily, and the worst of it is that he'd actually follow through. That feral criminal isn't gone, just placated.]

Hmf. I'll have to think, then.

[Alexei looks up, making a show of thought.]

Something something to do with a shovel. I'll work on it. [Gently, he digs his fingers against Abel's ribs.] You okay?