we swam the evening away

Indigo paced along beside Duchess, he felt for once like his heart was light and his sorrows were far away as he gently bumped against her smaller form during the walk. They had a long way to go but Indigo knew that Duchess would enjoy the place he sought to take her. They were walking a lot longer than he wanted, but at least he was in good company. A smile played on his features and his step was light as he allowed the spirit of vacation take hold of him. Indigo truly did want to bring the whole band this way eventually, but a dangerous island wasn’t somewhere he wanted to bring Gypsy without putting an eye to the area. He wanted everyone to have fun, especially the dainty woman.

So, he took Duchess along, an extra bonus for himself, and her, as they were allowed time alone together. The most difficult part of the trip was swimming across the channel to the beach on the other side. Indigo made sure Duchess was alright as they swam along, but as soon as he lifted himself up onto the sand he viciously shook his massive frame to rid himself of as much sea water as he could. He offered Duchess an apologetic glance if she hadn’t quite made it out of the way on time.

”Alright, this is it. What do you think?” He asked her quietly, pacing over to her side and nuzzling against her cheek affectionately. He was feeling the lack of alone time with her as much as the inverse was true. First he figured they would explore a bit, but there was that lingering desire that had been burning and snuffed for far too long. He’d only recently been given the all clear, and he was just as eager to show Duch how much he missed her.