" Good. So, I guess I should have a pet name for you.”
“You could call me laird,” Ian suggested, even though he wasn’t feeling like one right now.
Sam swirled fingers in his chest hair, then tugged lightly on it. “Can I call you laird bear?”
“Hell no.”
Ian felt Sam smile against his neck.
“No,” he repeated.
“Okay,” Sam said agreeably, still smiling.
“Fuck,” Ian muttered.
Sam giggled. It was cute.
“Let’s go to bed,” he said, nudging Sam with his arm. “This couch is too small.”
“Okay, laird. Bear.”
“Ha. Ha. "

― Anne Tenino , Too Stupid to Live (Romancelandia, #1)