On pins and needles

Awaken gave a sweet smile, ignoring the pain in his face. He leaned into her kiss, placing another on her cheek and snaking his head over her back, nuzzling her gently. He treated her as if se were made of glass and would break if he handled her too roughly. Treated her as the treasure she was. His tail wagginv in exitement. She had acctualy said yes! He couldn't belive it! Dream come true, he'd finaly found 'The One'.

Then the realizeation of pain came flooding back into his face when she mentioned it... Oh... Right... That hurts... He sat still as she pulled each needle from his skin. "Owch! He muttered as each were extracted. Soon he felt that his face was free of all forign objects, thank god! He then turned his attention to Merci again. "Thankyou so much! For everything. ?

Awaken nuzzled his face into her ivory fur, enjoying it's sweet scent. She smelt like one of the sweetest flowers he'd ever had the pleasure of faceplanting into on one of his daily runs. His good cheek brushing past hers and tounge darting out to lay sweet kisses over her cheek and neck. He was carefull not to push on her too hard, for fear of hurting her.

Hurting her. The number one fear. Harming the one he cared about the most on the whole planet. He'd even asked Gargoyle to kill him if he ever did in any way. The agony of the thought of causing any kind of pain to her loomed over him like an ominous black cloud. But, for now, it seemed that all horrible thoughts were gone. He was free from the slavery to his past.?

"Hey, Merci. When are we going to tell everyone? He asked exitedly. They were engaged for goodness sake! Possiblity of pups soon were very likely. And possibly a wedding! But for just a moment, primal instincts took over. He felt the heat coiling in the pit of his stomach again, the uncontrolable urge to make babies driving him. He yelped and laid down again, He refused to ever touch her like that without her consent.?