bones and skin
07-07-2014, 08:19 PM
When his scent curled under her nose, June thought at first that it was her imagination playing tricks on her. The brown girl raised her head, amber eyes scanning the horizon - and then her heart froze in her chest at the sight of August. He was half buried in the snow, his eyes drifting close even as she stared at him. "Gus," She breathed his name, soft as a whisper in the frigid air. She found herself on her paws in an instant, padding slowly and cautiously towards the male. Gus' apology filled her ears and June leaped forward, closing the remaining distance between them with a bound. She nuzzled against him, pressing her muzzle into his cold fur, wrapping her petite body around him as best she could. "It's all right, Gus." June soothed softly, pressing her nose against his ears, licking his head gently. "It's all right." The words fell from her maw easily, but she remained pressed against him, offering him as much warmth as she could. June needed him to be okay. She had been his shadow forever, and to stand without him was not something she could even comprehend. It had always been AugustandJune, never one without the other - until Alacritia. But even now they were close, and even with the memory of his attack pressing against her skull, threatening to make her flee, she remained curled against him. His wellbeing came before her own, always. "Speech." |