we can take our time

He could see the anxiety melting away from her and grinned as she joined him in their little dance. He feigned shock and surprise as she leapt at him, though his trained eyes easily caught the tensing of her muscles and the slightest pause in breath before she pounced at him, laughing and stumbling back, hips whomping to the ground in a heavy flop as though struck down and dumb by her ‘attack.’

He gave a groan that was only half feigned as she nipped him, slumping to the earth, though his eyes twinkled with love and heat, tail slapping the ground as he returned the assault with teasing nips of his front teeth along her jawline and a laughing snort in the thicker fur of her cheek.

“You’ve wounded me, Lady!” He laughed, proffering his nipped cheek, and the dampened fur mussed there, tongue lolling in a big grin as he flopped dramatically back to the ground, rolling onto his back, and kicking his legs in the air. “How can I ever survive, now?!”