Where There is Love

Sleep had been peaceful, comfortable, much needed. Never had Ikigai slept so comfortably in all her life. Not until she and Deimos had found their balance. Love was the perfect pillow, the perfect blanket, the perfect home. Wrapped up in the protective arms of her husband, Ikigai slept deeply. For a while, at least.

A little bit of jostling wasn't enough to rouse Iki completely. The fae simply adjusted reflexively and went back to being utterly comfortable. The little snippets of dreams flitting through the pale woman's mind were unremarkable, or at least they had been for some time. Now there was a flash of color here and there. Heat. A moan. A soft growl in one lynx-tipped ear. Rhythmic pictures of lips, tongues, teeth and more zipped through the woman's sleeping mind and a breathy moan pulled from her, dark lips parting softly.

The paws that explored her body left little tingles in their wake and eventually the heightened sensitivity woke the woman from her slumber. Marbled eyes cracked open just in time to feel Deimos hook his paw around her hip and pull her body against his own. This time a soft gasp left parted lips and Iki's spine bowed. Her toes curled and she moaned out the name of her lover, pressing her hips back against his body to feel as much of the man as she could.

Though the two of them had come to terms with the loss of their first litter, that cloud hung over them still. It wasn't a hulking thunder cloud like it had been, but little scraps of cirrus still drifted over their heads most days. Ikigai had told Deimos that she was ready to try again, and try they did. There was no shortage of lovemaking between the two and Ikigai hoped every time that their love would take hold. Each time she had been disappointed, but her heat had come fully upon her later in the season... some strange hormonal shift. Perhaps this would be the one. This time... their love would take hold.

"Deimos & Ikigai"