Moonlighting

It still baffled Maverick how things as seemingly simple as islands could all be so inherently different and unique. Their home in the Dove Belt Archipelago had several unique islands, sure, but to find another just off the opposite coast that was wholly its own experience was astounding to the wolf! From the silvery pale sands that glowed in the moonlight to the isolated jungle that felt as if it had been made for the two of them alone, Mav was in awe of the natural splendor that surrounded them. Lost beneath the thick canopy of vegetation, the rest of the world felt shut out, as if he and Venom had slipped into their own nocturnal tropical paradise. Their footfalls were muffled on the lush carpet of moss and grass, dampened and deafened to the outside world. Here, they could exist just for themselves. It was awfully tempting to just stay here, forever lost with his Empress of the night.

Glancing to his partner at his side when she mentioned the scent of fruit on the air, Maverick took a deeper sniff to try and suss it out. "Well, the most delicious thing I smell right now is you," he replied with a sly grin to his lover, giving a playful rumble while he leaned in to nip at her closest ear. "I think it's this way..." Mav led the way through to a clearing in the jungle, glancing about for a moment until his eyes landed on a mango tree with a bundle of ripe fruits hanging from its canopy. "Allow me, my love," Mav said with an exaggerated bow much like he had given her the first day they met. Then, with all the grace that could be expected of a vagabond rogue, he charged the tree and slammed his bulk into it, shaking the poor plant until it dropped several of the ripe mangoes to the ground.

Maverick scooped two up in his large paws, extending one out to Venom. "Care to share a midnight snack with me, gorgeous? Y'know, I think I heard somewhere once that mangoes are an aphrodisiac." He punctuated his teasing words with a wink before sinking his teeth into the ripe flesh of the fruit, the sweet juices bursting across his tongue with a delighted hum from the brute.

"Venom & Maverick"