Devil's Playground

Eyes closed as Arietta sought to embrace him, for once the male did not back off nor shy away from the intimate tendrils of physical touch from his lover. It was something he was unused to, but they had been together for quite a long time now, and he couldn't keep running forever. He lowered his head, left forepaw rising to wrap around her neck in an embrace as he pulled her small form closer to him. She had been the beginning of it all...and he knew that without her, he would not be where he was today. All the trouble he had gone through with her, all the days of spending time--albeit distant time--together, was something entirely new to the man. And her beating him in a fight brought out that respect for her, that she was something much more then he had initially claimed her for so long ago. "I know, dear...as do I."