"You know it goes right to my head when you say those very true compliments." As if Jesper needs any more swaggering confidence, but he has so much of it already, that it just feeds right in comfortably. He knows he's hot, it doesn't change that he enjoys when other people say it, especially Kaz. Kaz who he thought didn't notice all the time they worked together and he gets extra flattered because it's him.

"Nope, it's boring, although I bet if I made it a competition, we'd have fun." As a former farmboy he knows what he's talking about. But the two of them would definitely be the kind to challenge the other to doing it better. And Kaz loves to be the best. He can do anything his brilliant mind wants.

He sighs contently into the kiss, always clinging a little bit when it's Kaz initiating since that took them some time. Jesper's fingers run through his dark hair, caressing the strands affectionately. He'll never get tired of this. He lets Kaz pull him as close as he wants, pliant to his love's preferences. Then Kaz has to follow that up by being sweet, something that always gets Jesper soft and as in love as he can possibly be.

"We'll always be happy as long as we have you, Kaz." Jesper knows how much Kaz values their happiness; enough that he let them both go without asking them to stay. He loved them enough to release them, even at the cost of his own pain. He kisses Kaz's cheek and then down his jaw, tilting his head gently with a hand in his hair so he can place his mouth on his neck. Jesper is still always so careful, telegraphing his every move so Kaz isn't surprised.

"I get why Thorne people would hesitate to leave each other behind. Nothing could get me to leave you behind again."