Small Steps

Plague's expression softened as Rava responded to his request with a simple one of her own: just a wish to remain close to him. She dipped her head, a habit he had been trying to help her break without much luck, and he smiled as he lifted a paw to gently cup her chin, lifting her head until his emerald gaze found her silver eyes again. "As long as that's what you want then I can make that happen," he told her as he lowered his paw again. Rava had come a long way from the terrified woman he had rescued from the slavers that captured her, but he knew there was even more growth that she could have. He could see the woman she could become and it encouraged him to keep trying, to keep encouraging her. He hoped that one day she might fully come into her own and feel comfortable standing alone on her own feet, but until then he was more than happy to keep her close and give her all of the guidance and protection she might need.

"Then this den will be our home in the times that we need to stay here though the night and we can stay at our usual home with Void the majority of the time then," he said with a decided nod. "You'll be a member of the pack for as long as you wish." He was always careful about leaving things open ended for her, making it clear that all of this was her choice. She wasn't his slave and he never wanted her to feel like she was. If she was happy following him and being a close part of his life that was one thing, but if at any point this no longer made her happy then he wanted her to know that she had the freedom to carve her own path.

With that business tended to he had run out of things to stall with and was really only left with one other piece of business that he would have to ask her about sooner rather than later. It was difficult having something that he wanted so badly, but not wanting to force something so life changing on someone to have it. "Rava, there was another thing I've been wanting to talk to you about..." he began, shifting uncertainly while he tried to find the right words. "I know I mentioned when we first met that I had gone looking for a slave to the the surrogate for mine and Void's children... I... I was wondering if you might consider being that for us?" His ears flicked back shyly, his eyes searching her face to try and gage her reactions. "I don't want you to feel pressure in any way to do this. It's a big decision and if you want to think about it and consider that's completely fine or if you don't want to I'd completely understand. Nothing will change if you say no. I just... I would prefer for my children to come from someone I care about, someone I consider family, and you have become that for me."

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