How Much It Matters

The pair stayed curled up with one another and Chimera was totally at ease. It had been a weight off of the mans shoulders when the women had finally accepted that Reila wasn't going anywhere. There was no longer the risk of stepping on toes or upsetting one of them. Reila no longer had to feel as though she was an outsider. In accepting the bob-tailed woman, they had once again become a cohesive group. It was one less thing for the ailing man to worry about.

Again he nuzzled into the woman in his arms, listening to her reassurances that he would be okay. That they both would be okay. For all of his size and ego, the brute still enjoyed being babied and Reila's reassurances did just that. Her gentle touch brough a catlike purr from the giant's wide chest and his eyes closed in comfort.

"Thank you," he rumbled, "For staying with me." Chimera nestled the woman against him, curling his neck downward and placing his chin between her ears. "You're very important to me, Reila." The man's tongue pulled over the back of the fae's skull, slowly and gently grooming her. Mismatched ears perked as he hesitantly asked something that he'd been thinking about. "I've been thinking about this for a while... Would you like to take my name and become a Klein?" He wouldn't be offended either way, but he'd very much like to make her a permanent fixture in all ways.

"Chimera Klein"