Reluctant patience

He snorted in amusement at her self-deprecation. “And yet no one makes me stop and think like you do, no one else gives me pause. Your fierce enough to bite back when I do something you disagree with, and for it I have begun to change my ways.” he pointed out, smooching his nose fondly against hers as he spoke. Nothing hurt as much as receiving the silent treatment from Zee had. The bullheaded brute didn’t change his ways easily, but he did, for the sake of Zee. There was little he wouldn’t do to keep her.

“I’ll hold you to that, I don’t expect you to take it easy no me because I was injured” he said, knowing Zee wouldn’t hold back. He would be excited to enter another match with her. Well he didn’t go easy on his Queen, he was definitely rooting for her to win and not himself. She nuzzled against him, and he wrapped a paw around her, moving carefully so as not to jostle his still-healing limb. He breathed in the scent of her, and felt truly relaxed and at home, as he did only when Zee was there.