I like long walks on the beach

Seeing how adorable Lillith was when she was asleep, her smaller body snuggled into a veritable nest of blankets and furs, the flash of pink of her tongue stuck out in a blep, it was almost too much for Romulus. He wanted to scoop her up and snuggle her close, she was so damn adorable! Watching his sleeping beauty rise from slumber brought a wider smile to his face, loving the way those ruby eyes seemed to sparkle when they opened and saw his face there. She certainly had a way of making a boy feel special when just waking up brought that sort of reaction from her.

"Good morning. Hope you had sweet dreams," he said back as she shook the grogginess from her brain with stretch and a yawn. He glanced down briefly at their paws when she rested her alabaster-dipped feet across his dark navy patterned ones, feeling warm tingles break out wherever she touched him. His silver-gilded eyes returned to hers only a second later, giving her an eager grin when she asked about the adventure while also not-so-subtly stretching her forelegs to press those dainty paws into his broad chest. He loved how physically affectionate she was with him, feeling lucky to be the wolf to bring that out in her. Again, special—she made him feel that way a lot. Leaning to the side slowly so as not to break her paws' contact with his chest, Roman grabbed a piece of dried meat and placed it in front of her.

"Yes, adventure! But first, how about a little breakfast in bed to help you wake up." He leaned closer to gently bump his nose against hers, giving her some time to eat while he detailed their day to her. "I thought we'd begin with a little light exercise, so I planned for a ten mile jog. After that, we'll climb to the top of the highest mountain in Boreas and carve our names in the stones at the top of the world. Then we'll find two—no, three grizzly bears and start a fight! Then we can go spelunking in all the caves until we find a ruby that shines as brightly as your eyes do. We'll end the day by dancing in the starlight on the Moontouched Cliffs until we watch the sun rise over the eastern sea."

As Romulus spoke, the grin on his face grew bigger and bigger, betraying his jest, watching to see the incredulity in her expression as he told her his plans for the day. Then, with a casual shrug of his shoulders, he added, "Or if we don't have time for all that, I thought maybe we could go spend the day down at the beach? I saw some training rings set up on the Shimmering Shore if you wanted to get some fighting lessons in, or we can find some coastal herbs together, or just spend the day playing and sunbathing and whatever other trouble we can get into." A sly expression came over Roman's face as he decided to tease his girl even further. "Or we could stay in here all day, hide away from everyone and just spend the day cuddling in bed. I bet your dad would hate that." He gave Lil a wink and a chuckle. Was he awful? Yes, yes he was, but if anything Lillith seemed to find that endearing about him, and it only encouraged the boy to be more and more himself around her.

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