Fine Again

Arcturus laid with his large forelimbs wrapped snuggly around Vanille as they had so many nights before, closing his eyes while he tried to steady his breaths and put his mind away from the lingering thoughts and desires that he always let simmer down into the back of his mind again. His love and care for Vanille was so far beyond any physical desires so he held no resentment for the fact that they hadn't done anything past this close cuddling and gentle affections. Besides, it was something he had never experienced so he truly didn't know what he was missing out on besides what he had heard from others. Expecting for their usual dance of unspoken thoughts that eventually settled into sleep, he tried to settle his breathing into long, heavy breaths while he waited for Vanille to fully relax into him.

However, the gentle movement of her paws against the thick fur on his chest that usually proceeded her drifting off to sleep never really stopped and instead began to move lower and lower along his chest and down to his stomach and below. His gray ears perked a bit with the surprise of it, the muscles along his stomach flexing and his breath catching slightly under her unexpected touch. His eyes blinked open once more, peering down at the small, delicate figure of her pressed into his much larger frame in the dim moonlight that spilled in through the den's entrance, watching her with uncertain and rapt attention. His paws rubbed gently along her back again as he rumbled softly, "Vanille..." He didn't want to interrupt her or stop her if she was trying to cross some kind of threshold for herself, but he didn't want her to feel as if he expected anything from her either.

"Arc & Vanille"