Not Exactly "Glamping"

Thankfully her skin was burning hot enough that she didn’t actually care about the frozen water that now soaked her through. She was utterly embarrassed and wished desperately that she could disappear right there and never speak of this again. That wasn’t how any of this worked though. Instead of staying under the water and floating down the river Remus helped her up and out the water. When she surfaced she sucked in her breath as the reality of it really hit her. The water was literally frozen and instead of overheating all the warmth left her all at once.

She was shivering tremendously as Remus guided her closer to his camp, bringing her to the fire that he would also revive. She huddled close to the warm flames, but it didn’t do much against her soaked fur until Remus returned with a fluffy fur to drape around her shoulders. He sat close by, right in front of her as he tightened the fur and made sure she was going to get warm. Even if his arms were still bleeding. Before she could answer him their eyes met. She could feel the warmth of his muzzle and breath against her own.

Her breath caught, her mortifying accident nearly forgotten as time stopped for a split second. Ike wasn’t quite sure what happened but as Remus pulled away with a little clearing of his throat he left her stomach fluttering and her heart thudding against her chest. He let her catch her breath as he gathered up the bandages he’d meant to get before she had interrupted him. Remus was a master at putting her at ease, his grin, his voice, the way he pulled the attention from her to focus on himself. She sighed softly, trying to relax even as she continued shivering lightly.

"How was Auster?” Ike asked nonchalantly, but it was a nice distraction from everything weighing on her. Even though she knew there were more important points she needed to talk to him about. Like how much she had missed seeing his face while he was far away. There was something different about his carefree nature as compared to her brother even. He was kindhearted, and she could see his genuine feelings. She trusted him, and he really was a good friend, but was it more than that?

"Speech"