don't make this a living nightmare

From the day he met her, Venom had been a marvel for Maverick to discover. The austere, uptight woman he'd met at the border that warm summer day a year ago was a far cry from the woman he held in his arms now. In their time together, he had seen Venom in ways no one else had, bonded to her to a depth that he'd never experienced with anyone before her. He'd seen the stoic Empress drop her guard, seen the broken and vulnerable creature beneath the hardened mask she wore for her people and her family, and he'd seen the beauty of what she could rise to become with the right kind of treatment and nurturing. Likewise, he had let her in past his own walls, permitted her to see things and know things about him he had never shared with anyone else. Together they built a relationship on trust, and from that trust love had blossomed. Now Maverick couldn't imagine a life without his shadow and snow queen. She was his foundation, his future, his home. Everything he did and gave to her, he gave because he cared for her on a deep, unimaginable level he could scarcely believe he'd found. Looking back on who he had been before her, Mav realized just how empty his life had been, how hollow he had become. Venom had made him whole as much as he had done for her.

Every teasing nip and little toying he delivered to her drew faint shivers and shudders from his beautiful lover, each one making the brute snicker like a giddy pup as he played with her. She confirmed that he had, in fact, told her how much he loved her recently. "Well, I'm gonna tell you again, because I can't say it enough," he remarked, nuzzling at her crown with a love drunk smile on his muzzle. When he offered her the choice of snuggles and sleep or staying up for another round of baby making attempts, he felt his lover's svelte body mold tighter to his, her forelegs and hind legs tugging him closer to her. Maverick grinned; her answer was loud and clear. Rich aqua eyes held the sunset jewels of his partner, returning her grin while her white-gloved paw stroked his cheek. "With pleasure, my Venom," purred Maverick, bringing his lips closer to brush ever so softly against her own, not quite kissing her yet while his large navy-dipped paw slid down the feminine curves of her body to cup and squeeze her shapely rump, wordlessly appreciating and worshipping her body with his touch.

Venom was lean and sylphic, and easy for the dire brute to pull closer to him and mold her body into the contours of his own. With a ripple of muscles, Maverick held Venom snug to him while he shifted their position in bed, keeping them snuggled tight together while he lifted her hind leg over his waist and settled between her thighs. The star-speckled man held Venom's gaze while he aligned their bodies, refusing to let her go or unwind his paws from around her. The angle was a little awkward and different than what he was used to, but after a little shifting and wiggling, he found the angle he sought and pressed his hips forward to sink into Venom and meld their bodies together. That initial hot rush of pleasure, while familiar from their frequent lovemaking, never failed to steal his breath away in a heated gasp, dark teal eyes widening and alabaster eyelids fluttering while he lost himself in Venom’s vibrant eyes so full of love.

He released a content sigh, his breath mixing with Venom’s in their close proximity, a sound only her ears would ever hear. The paw around her waist pulled her rump closer and tighter to bring her hips into his, the other supporting her back flexing to grip at her silky soft fur and hold his lover to him. Maverick began to move with Venom, building a rhythm they were intimately familiar with as he worked on dispelling the unwelcome worry that had made its way into his beloved Empress' heart with the purest love and most exquisite pleasure he could give to her. Perhaps if they were lucky, this would be the time they conceived the pups they so desperately wanted.

"Venom & Maverick"