hale cometh down upon our spines

Astraios · 09-13-2023, 10:30 PM

He gave a soft snort of laughter at that. “You can call me Strai, you know, if you like.” He offered. Though he liked calling her Tox, it was his name for her, that no one else could use. Any idiot with half a brain could call him Thrall, but she was the first wolf in Heiðinn after the Demon himself that he had extended an offer to use his nickname. Not that it mattered or anything.

As he followed that train of thought, Delphi got up. He didn’t pay much mind to it, expecting her to be doing something with her medication again. Instead, she got closer, coming into his personal space. His ears went flat as he watched her. Half expecting her to attack him. Instead, she flopped down beside him like it was as easy as that. Curling up against his side. He didn’t move. Not because he didn’t want to, but because he was frozen. He could hear his heart suddenly pounding in his chest, loud enough that surely she could feel it through his coat. She was touching him. They weren’t fighting, and she was touching him.

His first thought was ‘gross’ his second was that it actually wasn’t… awful. It was kind of awful, when you considered the only time another wolf had been this close to him, it was to fight. His parents did not cuddle, even when he was just a tiny newborn sucking at her milk. He drank, and then he was pushed away. He didn’t know how to react. He was full-on panicking, actually.

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hale cometh down upon our spines

strai - seasonal

Astraios