Heartsong
11-06-2016, 02:36 PM
The man awoke at the sound of his lover leaving their den. He lay quietly watching Tiny for a few moments as he waited for Akemi to return. It didn't take but those few moments for him to grow worried and push himself up onto his paws and look just outside the den to where his wife stood quietly. He couldn't help but to admire her beauty in the dim light of the moon, even with all of her scars and flaws she was the most beautiful woman in the world, or at least to him she was. To him no other woman would match her, nor would they ever even come close. She was the love of his life, his reason for rising with the sun and sleeping when the owls were about. He even found that he couldn't sleep at night until she was safely asleep within their den at night, his lullaby was her soft even breathing as she slept at his side. Any shift in her breathing tended to awake him out of shear worry for her. He had lost her once and refused to do so again. He would only take a few steps outside their den and as if on queue she would turn to look for him, she would even speak his name in question to make sure it truly was him. He would never tire of her voice, her smell or the warmth of her as she pressed into his side as they slept within their den. A smile would pull at the corners of his mouth just before he would open it to respond to her. "It is me, my love."he would answer with his voice full of warmth. As soon as the words left him, Ravine found himself moving forward to gently press his nose into the side of her neck only to turn it into a nuzzle. "What pulls you from our den and from my side within it? he would ask softly as he could see something was troubling her. Speech, |
