Putting in effort
Chimera
Defender
10-16-2021, 09:26 PM
The look on his face when he first looked up at her made her wonder if perhaps he'd prefer to be left alone, but after a shake of his head his expression smoothed and she chalked it up to just a linger expression left from the hard work he had been doing. He always seemed to be doing something around the island and she couldn't think of a single time she had ever seen him simply relaxing—except for maybe the one time she had treated his paws and gave him a bit of a massage, but that had been after he had spent the day working on the bridge to their former island. If there was one thing she could fully appreciate in Chimera it was his work ethic and all of the effort he put into his home. She smiled again as he came to sit beside her, stretching out his legs to lay down in the sand with a roll of his shoulders. Her ears perked with surprise when he questioned how she was feeling, asking about if she was eating enough and generally checking on her well being. She was sure it was mostly because of the fact that she was carrying his pups, but she wondered to herself if this is what Aliana had meant when she spoke of how he could be kind and caring. "I'm feeling pretty good today," she told him truthfully. Some days were worse than others, but today was a pretty good day as far as her energy went. At the very least getting up and walking short distances and sitting up like this to hold a conversation wasn't too taxing. She was very much looking forward to the day when these pups were finally born so she could start up her work around the pack again or at the very least not always feeling so tired. She looked down at his back from the perspective she had sitting beside him while he laid on his stomach, considering for a moment before she finally shifted a bit closer and lifted her front paws to rest them on his shoulders, rubbing slow, firm circles across the muscles that she was certain would be sore from hauling all this wood out here. Play the part. Figuring out what that meant for her was still an on going process, but she remembered how he had liked getting a massage before so hopefully this was a good step in the right direction. With Siren it was easy, the Queen far more easy to read and far more affectionate, but with Chimera it was taking a bit of getting used to on her part. She rubbed her paws across his shoulders and upper back for a while, though she didn't exactly have the strength or mobility she had the last time to really work out any knots. Hopefully the effort and intention were good enough. |
