A/N: written for challenge 130 - "drop" at anythingdrabble.

Alex feels him wrap the blanket around her, then Roan's arms follow, holding her against him in a way that is neither mechanical or detached.

Of course he cares for her well-being. Alex is his student after all, and Percy has assigned her to learn from him, but there is a vast difference between him guiding her as a teacher does and desiring her as would a lover.

It's enough, Alex thinks, that he doesn't walk away after their session. He cools the heat between her thighs, soothes her desire to feel pain, and feeds his need for flawless perfection.