Hide It All
Arcturus
Defender
Bloodletter
10-07-2022, 12:14 PM
All Arcturus really wanted was to keep the few wolves he really cared about close and happy. When Vanille expressed how wanted he made her feel he felt a happiness and something almost like relief. After everything Vanille had been through she deserved to have someone on her side, someone wanting and loving her, and he wanted to be that for her. Everything he did was in the hopes that she would feel and understand how he felt about her so her admitting that she felt wanted was comforting and told him that he was doing something right. When she brought her lips to his, he returned her kiss happily, a quiet rumble of contentment leaving him as he lingered in that feeling of her soft lips on his. He tried to keep himself from getting too swept up in the feeling of it, but it was hard. Vanille was right about him wanting her and he only continued to want her more with each day that they spent together. His forelegs tightened around her and pulled her body into his again on reflex as they kissed while he let her continue the affection for as long as she wished.
When she did eventually break their kiss, he blinked his sapphire gaze open to look down at her again, but he didn't loosen his hold around her. He kept her smaller frame pulled into his with a protectiveness and a desire that he couldn't really describe. He always wanted to shield her from the world and give her all of the love he could possibly manage, but that felt even more important right now. When she spoke again with that worried, troubled gaze he had become very familiar with, she told him about her worry that she would loose him and he gave her a little smile with understanding in his gaze. "I know... I feel the same way," he told her softly, squeezing her gently in his embrace. It felt like wolves he loved slipped away so easily and without warning and now everything he did was in an effort to keep that from happening. He became a fighter to protect them, a hunter to care for them. He did everything he could to keep his mother and sister close and keep them from splintering off in different directions. Now that extended to Vanille.
Still, he didn't want that to be a reason to keep him from living the life he wanted with her. He kissed her softly again and added, "When I was still dealing with the guilt over my father's death my mother told me that he wouldn't want me to be unhappy. He would want me to live the best life I could and find happiness. It's terrifying knowing how much I care for you and how easily everything can fall apart, but it's worth it for how happy you make me. I can't imagine living my best life or finding happiness without you in it." His voice was quiet in the still silence of the night, but the emotion behind his words was still very much there. "All we can do is hope that we're lucky enough to have a whole lifetime to spend together."
"Arc & Vanille"
When she did eventually break their kiss, he blinked his sapphire gaze open to look down at her again, but he didn't loosen his hold around her. He kept her smaller frame pulled into his with a protectiveness and a desire that he couldn't really describe. He always wanted to shield her from the world and give her all of the love he could possibly manage, but that felt even more important right now. When she spoke again with that worried, troubled gaze he had become very familiar with, she told him about her worry that she would loose him and he gave her a little smile with understanding in his gaze. "I know... I feel the same way," he told her softly, squeezing her gently in his embrace. It felt like wolves he loved slipped away so easily and without warning and now everything he did was in an effort to keep that from happening. He became a fighter to protect them, a hunter to care for them. He did everything he could to keep his mother and sister close and keep them from splintering off in different directions. Now that extended to Vanille.
Still, he didn't want that to be a reason to keep him from living the life he wanted with her. He kissed her softly again and added, "When I was still dealing with the guilt over my father's death my mother told me that he wouldn't want me to be unhappy. He would want me to live the best life I could and find happiness. It's terrifying knowing how much I care for you and how easily everything can fall apart, but it's worth it for how happy you make me. I can't imagine living my best life or finding happiness without you in it." His voice was quiet in the still silence of the night, but the emotion behind his words was still very much there. "All we can do is hope that we're lucky enough to have a whole lifetime to spend together."
