It was always like this with him. As a Companion, she'd taken hundreds of clients to her bed, yet very rarely had the experience been anything close to what it was to make love with Mal. She felt the same shuddery breathlessness with him every time, the same uncontrollable passion. She knew why, of course, and though her instructors would never have encouraged or touted anything so intangible, she knew that it was love - as trite as it sounded - that made all the difference.
-- Sushi!Verse - A New Beginning - Part 4 by 2x2