don't make this a living nightmare

Gradually, Maverick could see his words of reassurance beginning to soothe the panicked Venom. The logic he spoke and the loving assuaging he offered did their work, calming her down to a point where he could cuddle her and feel her relax in his arms. It was when he caught a glimpse of the small smile on her lips that he knew he had won the fight against her fears. Venom agreed with him that an exception to the rule did not define the rule itself, though he could understand why the Empress had become so distressed in their inability to conceive a litter out of season when her only pregnancy to date had occurred out of season. She snuggled closer, her soft, svelte body pressing deeper into his while his strong arms lifted to entwine around her more securely. A hind leg lifted to drape over hers, covering her with himself as much as he could without smothering her. "The heart isn't always the most reasonable part of ourselves, and it's easy to see why you felt that worry, especially with how badly we both want this," he replied, validating Venom's emotions with empathy.

Venom nuzzled her face away into the thick fur of his neck, coaxing a lopsided grin from the lovestruck brute while he cradled and held his lover to him. He could feel her every breath washing warm over his skin and fur, tickling gently with each exhale. Giant paws slid up and down Venom's back, stroking over every part of her he could reach, mostly as a means to soothe her and work out the last lingering remnants of her night terror, but also partly as a bit of a flex for himself. The relationship he had with Venom grew less and less new with each day they spent together, but in its place came love and devotion, growing stronger and stronger still. No one else would ever get to touch his Empress the way he did, hold her the way he was holding her now. There was a bit of power in knowing that he was hers and she was his, this way forever. Mav enjoyed that knowledge, and he basked and reveled in it any chance he got. Tilting his muzzle down until his lips met the top of Venom's crown, the male kissed and nibbled gingerly between her ears, giving playful little nips at each shadow black appendage when his snout drew near them.

"Have I told you how much I love you lately?" Mav whispered in hushed tones almost right into Venom's closest ear. "I hate seeing you panicked like this, but I love knowing that it comes from you wanting to start a family with me so badly." The dire brute chuckled, a deep rumbling sound that Venom would no doubt feel vibrating against her slender form. She was absolutely perfect to him in every way. Beautiful, clever, compassionate, powerful, sexy... And after all, what red-blooded male wouldn't be enticed by the notion of his lover wanting to have his pups so desperately? "Would you like to try to go back to sleep, or stay up and cuddle for a bit...?" A roguish grin played on his lips while he whispered, "Or would it make you feel better if we took another try at making those pups right now, my beautiful Empress?"

"Venom & Maverick"