Truly, madly, deeply

Maverick had spent half a season planning this one pivotal moment for them. He had spent days tracking down the gemstones needed for the proposal gift, even longer getting them made into the earrings he now presented her with, and just as much time finding the right place to do it. The surprise that crossed Venom's beautiful features when she realized what was going on had been the reward he had hoped for and it made all the effort more than worth it. He had never seen his Empress so speechless as she was now; the clever and witty Venom always had something to say, but right now, she looked so overwhelmed with emotion that words failed the Empress. When she did find her voice again, the first words that came from her loving lips were all Mav had hoped for. She wanted nothing more than to spend her entire life with him. Bushy tail began to wag a mile a minute behind him, stirring up the ash on the ground while Venom made his heart race and leap in his chest. She professed her love for him, deep and profound, and affirmed all that he was for her. Then she accepted his proposal without hesitation or trepidation.

The sky and snow brute was already leaning forward to take Venom into his strong arms when she was leaning towards him. Maverick didn't delay to scoop Venom up into a tight embrace while his mouth moved to meet hers halfway, desiring nothing more than to kiss her in this moment to seal their eternal love for one another forever. His lips mets hers, pouring forth the heated passion he held for this wonderful woman, a fire so hot it raged like a magma core within him, sweltering deep within his belly. Mav clung to Venom, never wanting to let her go. And now he never would. They were sworn to one another in the bonds of the deepest, most pure love, and soon they would bind their hearts and souls in matrimony together. But first, Maverick would bind them in body and flesh.

That heat in his belly grew, clenching with a primal need stoked by both their closeness, their intimacy, and the fragrant perfume of Venom's heat still riling up his hormones and urges. His body felt restless, his lover's pheromones doing exactly as they were intended to and inciting his lust for her to levels he seldom ever indulged in. It felt like no matter how much physical contact they had, he could never be close enough to her. But he knew where he wanted to start. Breaking their kiss only once his lungs ached for air, Maverick swallowed a few hot, shallow breaths and looked to Venom with smoldering half-lidded eyes and a grin that left nothing to her imagination of what was on his mind. He wanted Venom—no, he needed Venom. Their engagement would be sealed in the course of their mating, and in the thick of her season, perhaps they would finally create the family they had both been yearning for as well.

Maverick didn't say a word while he untangled himself from Venom just enough to be able to slide his massive, toned body beneath hers to hoist her up over his back. His actions would speak for him while he carried her in a display of primal manly prowess from the doorway across the chamber to where a pile of old furs had been discarded. They were free from the ash that covered the rest of the room, so he assumed they were left behind from whoever had lived here before. While not the luxurious bedding they shared in their home, it would be more comfortable and less dusty than taking Venom right then and there—although part of him did entertain the idea of the two of them getting covered in the igneous soot together in their fits of passion. Maverick carefully tossed Venom onto the bedding and wasted no time climbing over top of her, covering her svelte body with his own larger form. Burning teal eyes roved over his Empress' perfect body, drinking her in as he realized she was his fiancée now and soon to be his wife. A wolfish grin spread wide over his lips, flashing teeth in a proud and ecstatic smile. His Empress. His wife. His Venom.

"I love you," the scruffy dire wolf whispered down to his queen in the quiet of the old palace while he positioned himself between her hind legs, lowering his hips and his muzzle to align them at both ends, and then claiming her mouth in another loving kiss while he brought their bodies together. Low groans were muffled by her muzzle while he made love to Venom for the first time as engaged lovers, starry eyes drifting closed as he gave himself wholly up to the exquisite pleasure and passion they created together—along with other things they would create here tonight.

- fade -

"Maverick & Venom"