Cullen knows Alistair isn't just using him for sex. That -- may be the best he can hope for, if he can only compliment Cullen's physical attributes for a while.

(Hopefully not for the rest of their marriage. Hopefully. Though some of that may depend on what Fiona says, if Alistair can ever finish the damn letter: whether their marriage will last only another two or three years, or for at least another twenty or thirty.)

"Only the best for you, my love," he says, before pressing a kiss to Cullen's exposed collarbone.