we need to have words

When she moved to embrace him, Azure let out a soft sigh of pleasure. While he'd never intend to manipulate her affections he couldn't help but greatly enjoy when his Empress would give in to them. Az did not often put himself in position to be rejected, and when the rejection did not come he felt a relief he didn't realize he was waiting for. As if he was holding in a deep breath for seasons, he felt like in her arms he could breathe again.

There was the issue of her unspoken 'but', and he felt perhaps that her actions were not entirely her own at the moment.. but Az was not selfless enough to break away from the embrace even with the inkling that it was not what she might fully want. "Careful." He whispered into her ear. "Your leg." Shifting, he moved to rest upon his hip to give her injured leg more room to move. Nothing had ever overwhelmed him as fully as his need for her in that moment, and he leaned into her to try and suffocate some of the desire that was taking such a firm hold upon him. "Yes, yours." The heir confirmed, trying not to dwell on how much lesser his 'secret' title felt in that moment. Az blew out a hot breath into her fur and swallowed hard. "Do you think the Armada would notice if I just never came home?" He mused.