I did want to clarify that while AA no longer craves blood, he does lust for it in the sense that he enjoys murder and still has a desire to ‘taste’ everything Faerun has to offer.
It’s worth noting, as others have, that AA lashes out with abusive words when challenged. It’s his knee-jerk reaction to feeling powerless and out of his depth; you can see it in how nasty he is to Origin Karlach when he realizes he can’t sleep with her at the Tiefling party. So I think it’s perfectly fair to imagine that a complicit, conspirator Tav would never see this side of his personality and would therefore not show fear during a kiss.
It’s only the scared expressions that ruin it for me. AA himself reads as domineering in the kisses, and that does fit.
