my heart stops without you

The remnants of her dream of their children niggled at the back of her mind, but she forced a smile. There was nothing that she could do about it. Not a damn thing. It wasn't within her power or his. There were other possibilities... but one, she didn't like in the slightest. Having Roan knock up a surrogate. The other, finding a pup somewhere to raise. That wasn't likely. So she tried to push it from her mind.

Roan kissed her on the cheek and the small woman grinned anew. A swim, eh? She wouldn't tell the silver man that she wasn't particularly fond of the ocean. This area seemed calm enough for some comfortable swimming. "Lead the way," she said, one paw raising in a gesture for him to go ahead.

Io followed him into the gentle surf, the warm water creeping her her forelegs and bringing a little tingle to her flesh. Her tail involuntarily curled above her back, as if protesting against getting wet. She thought about back out, but Roan wanted to swim, so she waded in deeper until the water lapped at her chest. Soon, her white toes could no longer touch sand and she was paddling along.