my frosty toes

Romulus gave his own little breathy chuckle when Lillith gave him a look of surprise and relief, but did ultimately confirm that she knew he loved her. Then she explained that was why she kissed him, and he laughed a little more heartily. "Oh, so it wasn't my devilishly good looks or amazing kissing skills?" he teased her, batting silvery lashes at her in an overly dramatic fashion. "Well, I'm glad to know you weren't just after me for my body. Wolves these days only ever want one thing." He snickered, but really humor was his coping mechanism for when he was nervous. He'd been so anxious about saying those words to Lillith, despite the intense emotions she evoked in him. What if he'd screwed it up? What if he'd confessed his love and she didn't reciprocate it? Well, that was all a thing of the past now, because Lillith loved him!

Roman refused to look anywhere besides directly into Lil's eyes—not that anywhere else could ever hope to compete with the beauty those wine-hued gems contained. He gave her one of his crooked smiles, feeling his heart beating strong and hard against his ribs. The urge to love Lil senseless was stronger than ever, and resisting was getting hard, especially when she was lying so temptingly across him like this. Although, he supposed there was no harm in a little post confession kissing, right? Speaking of confessions, he supposed he would have to tell her about his family's history at some point. The Armada family had a long and sordid history with Ardent. Best she know where he came from, lest their travels land them meeting someone who knew the Armadas for less than savory reasons.

"Well, why don't you kiss me some more and show me how much you know," he purred in response, slowly gliding his big paws up and down along Lillith's back, pausing every so often to squeeze his forelegs around her or risk a gentle grope of his paws over her shapely rump and massaging around the base of her tail. His silver eyes flashed with the roguish challenge, a dashing grin on his face while he brought his muzzle just a little closer until their noses were pressed together. He didn't finish closing the gap however. This was his challenge to Lil. He wanted to see just how much passion she could withstand knowing that his love was behind it.

"Speech"