a ship with no sails

Bane felt something on his paw, and his looked down nervously to see that it was her tail. Silverback's grey eyes reflected a similar and familiar look of desire he had see before in a females of his own species. It must has been universal for wolves and leopards because Silverback was giving the same look. Consent. And as he scraped himself along the snow leopardess's body to get behind Silverback the male wolf was already beginning to ponder several ways of how they could do this. And the snow leopardess and grey wolf had all night to try and find the best one.

-Fade-

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-Fade in-

Dawn broke, Bane's prostrated form was laying against her back, a forepaw draped across her shoulder to hold her close with the other acting as a cushion for which she lay her head on. The grey wolf and snow leopardess lay amidst the drifting snow, they're body heat not the only thing keeping them warm last night. A low wall of iced over snow having formed around the two sleeping forms, Bane feeling the way his mating partner's sides expanded slowly with air with the rise and fall of a peaceful and exhausted nights sleep. At least it was Bane that was exhausted and he didn't doubt their nights activities were not just his burden.

Silverback and Bane had spent a while seeing what would work and wouldn't as they let their similar mating instincts guide them. Both found that although they differed in species, some things remained the same. The wolf didn't remember any complaints when they'd locked together, or give any of his own when he had to crouch, even as Bane and Silverback wasted the night away together in the numerous and passionate joinings they had together as the leopardess and wolf found comfort with one another's similar souls. Two wandering and lost spirits had done something no other wolf or leopard was heard of attempting. And as they finally decided to cease they're activities Bane was relieved to have not received any smacks of the leopardess's wide paws.

The grey wolf stirred in his sleep and relished in the immediate warmth Silverback was providing. Disbelief and pride swept across his mind as he remembered what they had been doing last night. Bane had mated with a snow leopardess, and to be honest, that was all right with him. A gentle lick was given along the back of her feline neck, his tongue going over a spot before closing his maw and leaning over to whisper in a round ear. "You awake?"