hello wife lady I am home

Jupiter walked backwards with the ankle of a disembodied deer leg clutched in his jaws. He'd guilt tripped Tyrian into giving it to him to save him the trouble of hunting. This was dinner or, rather, a peace offering as he tried to adjust to married life. It was strange to not only 1) share his life and space with someone but 2) do that with a complete stranger who couldn't have been anymore more different than him if she tried. It was weird and awkward, and he was struggling to cope. No one had ever expected anything from him before and here he was with this woman who had some very serious and scary expectations. Fearing basically everything the marriage entailed, Jupiter had pretended to pass out on their wedding night to avoid that aspect of marriage. Since then he had dipped and dodged anything that seemed remotely linked to sex with the woman. He just couldn't - and it wasn't for lack of interest. His celibacy quite literally chafed at him and he'd never gone this long without something, but his fear of commitment so far had been enough to sustain him.

He arrived at the entrance to their den and dropped the leg. Before the wedding Jupiter had taken a page out of Chaos' book and made himself a den in one of the knolls' many crypts. It was something he'd never done before. He'd never really had a reason to make a serious shelter for himself. Ever since he was small he'd lived with the knowledge that his digs were temporary. Why wouldn't they be when he had no desire to stay anywhere for long? But, unhappy as he'd been at the prospect of marriage, Jupiter had known a solid, permanent den was a good idea. In a way he'd wanted to give something to the woman to make up for what he'd known all along was going to be a shitshow. For that reason, even in his time of mourning, he'd taken great pains to make their home presentable. He'd made shelves and storage nooks and yes, a big comfy bed. Everything a couple could have wanted, he had done his best to provide. The only thing he hadn't included, because duh, why would he, was room for a family.

After taking a deep breath Jupiter called down into the den, "Alfrun? I brought dinner..." He wasn't even sure she was still down there, but it seemed like a good place to start.