mostly extinct is not extinct enough.

When Alec woke up at his usual hour today (stupid o'clock in the morning), he had the sincere pleasure of experiencing his first-ever afterglow.

It was a little hard to fully appreciate when Sparkle was still asleep and Alec wasn't sure of the protocol on waking him up, but he was beaming to himself and deciding that maybe not all mundie traditions were so bad after all, when they led to stuff like this. This was a delight.

And then there was a knock on the door, and his afterglow started to dissipate just a bit.

Huh?

[[for guess-who!]]