I Was in the Neighborhood

Artorias loved the way Briar's sharp feline-like claws felt running through the thick fur on his scruff, just barely grazing over his skin in the most delightful way. Her embarrassed grin as she explained what her sister had told her made her look even more adorable than she already was. "I'm sure we can figure it out together..." he replied with a low, breathy chuckle. He returned her kiss with equal passion and fervor, feeling excited yet nervous butterflies in his stomach when Briar suggested they head into the den. "With pleasure, Princess..." he said. As much as he didn't want to untangle himself from Briar, loving how her body and fur felt against his, he also didn't want anyone else seeing whatever exploring and experimenting they were about to do together.

Getting back to his paws, Artorias shivered as the remnants of those fiery tingles jumped across his skin, then grabbed some of the furs they had been cleaning with Briar and helped drag them back into the den. He couldn't keep his eager eyes off of her as they headed into the den though, amber gaze roaming over Briar's form with a desire and hunger wholly unfamiliar and yet instinctively recognized at the same time. She made this fire in his belly burn wildly out of control, and the fire wanted to immolate both of them together.

After they spread out their bedding for the night in one of the alcoves away from the entrance for privacy, Artorias climbed into bed and collapsed with a heavy exhale. Briar joined him in an instant, the boy grinning happily through lidded eyes as he welcomed Briar into his tight embrace the same way he did whenever they went to bed together back in the Hallows. It was intimate and familiar to him by now, but he loved and reveled in snuggling with his Briar as much as he did the first time they had cuddled together through the night. This, as well as the kiss she was now pressing to his mouth, felt like home, where he belonged and where he was meant to be.

Artorias kissed Briar back with that urgent, insistent need and desire he had felt for her from the moment he fell for her. He wanted to keep her all to himself, steal her away from an unworthy world and treasure and cherish her for the rest of his days. He could spend the rest of his life worshipping her beauty and regaling her grace and love with every kiss he could bestow to her. Eyes closed and her body in his arms, Artorias felt Briar cling to him and pull herself tighter to him. He pushed himself into her hold, every inch of skin entwined or touching in some way. But it still wasn't enough. He needed to be closer, hotter, falling faster and harder.

He felt her paws run down his chest and body, each touch leaving electricity in its wake and his heart racing like he'd been running for his life. His paws slid along Briar's back, roaming from shoulder blades down the curve of her spine to the base of her tail, feeling warmth and softness wherever he touched. He savored and explored the planes of her body, wandering around the side of her hips and coming up her sides to complete the circuit, following the subtle and delicate curves of her body. Briar was perfect, flawless, a living goddess walking the world of mortals.

Their lips parted and Artorias swallowed a much needed breath, panting lightly already even before Briar's curious paws began to slip lower, trailing over parts of him untouched by anyone else. His breathing hitched, pulse spiking, a gentle quiver in each exhale while she discovered all of him. "Briar..." he whispered under his breath, the words trembling lightly with his shaky breath, amber eyes half hidden behind black eyelids while he kept his gaze locked to the gorgeous turquoise that gave his life direction, seeing her nervous grin as she took charge of him and trying to grin back, but the gasps her paws kept pulling from him made it difficult to do. He tried to whisper her name again, but all that came out was a needy, heated whine as her paws drifted lower and found the source of his fire.

- wholesome fade -

"Artorias" | "Corbin"