“Was it the elf hat?” -- So Jack! ♥ ♥ and :-) :-)

Love the way Jack identifies the lemon-verbena-y scent in that moment after being kissed, the heightened-senses hyperreality as he's flailing in disbelief at what just happened.

Also love this line: “You hardly ever touch.” He swallowed. “I remember.” All of them, he didn’t add. Says so much about both of them -- and oh, Jack, storing away every one of those infrequent touches.

The descriptive lyricism of the end, so beautifully evoking the magic and romance of being in love.

Plus, water sex, mmmm!