A little warmth

There wasn’t anything that would keep him from Mort’s side. They were soul mates and nothing could convince him otherwise. He really was going to spend the rest of his life with the one he loved. There were a few stipulations, and perhaps everything wasn’t the way he imagined it, but Hika wouldn’t have changed anything. Even if he had to live in the frozen north he would stay by this amazing man’s side. He’d fallen for his kindness, and his gentle nature. He’d seen his insecurities, Hika knew the low points of Mort’s life, but that was why the two of them were so close. They knew each other, like they were two halves of a whole.

This place would be their home. Wherever Mort was, would be his home, Hika had no doubt. They would have a little place away from the majority of the pack. They would have a picturesque view everyday to wake up to together. He would learn to love their new home, they would be making every memory here together, like a new start for both of them. He could watch in his mind’s eye how the little tree cottage would come together. "I can already see it, our own winter wonderland.” And now that winter would be easier to weather with the down coat he was given.

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