Close together and far apart

His hungry eyes never left her. Taking in the confusion, the flustered hesitation. The excitement, the agreement and the need to be closer to him. He understood, he felt it too. His paws flexed in the dirt some more, imaging running them through Ignita’s soft coat. Too far, she was much too far away.

Only the knowledge that this distance was for her safety kept him grounded right where he was. When she started to cry, yelling across the distance he grinned. Slowly at first, until it spread across his muzzle. His fiance was pissed at him, and he was grinning like an idiot. “Because I’m an asshole.” He teased her softly, before growing more sombre. “Because you are mine, now and forever.” And if this blight took him, he’d still leave his mark on her. “Would you like Thunder to grab the engagement gift?” He asked her softly.


"Basilisk"