Zephyr wore an easy grin as she leaned into him. God, her scent was so comforting, and he felt his eyes drifting closed as he inhaled slowly against her fur. How he had survived all these years without her at his suddenly, he suddenly had no idea. Leaving her seemed painful, impossible even, and he could imagine nothing more pleasing than lying beside her for the rest of his days. "Thanks," he replied gently at her compliment, his grin widening as a soft chuckle started deep in his chest.
He'd always been a proud man. His looks, though, had never really been something he'd been excessively confident about. He'd found Caelum when he was rather young, and had never really thought about other women that way - and therefore didn't really think about if others saw him that way, either. "I think you mean a bigger ego," he quipped quietly, mumbling into her fur, implying that his ego was already big.
He stretched to curl more tightly around her, his breathing slowing as sleep grabbed hold of him. Any anxiety or nervousness he'd felt creeping up earlier slowly faded away as his body relaxed and darkness settled over him. For now he was happy to simply relax and let sleep take over, tugging her a bit closer as he drifted off.
-exit via. sleep-
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