Dance with me tonight

She couldn't believe what she was hearing. When he had pulled away she thought for sure that he would leave and that would be the end of it, but no. He started to speak, his words so kind she wasn't sure she was hearing him correctly. She blinked open her eyes, but still refused to lift her head until he pulled it up for her, her silver eyes meeting his with confusion and disbelief. His fault? How was any of this his fault? In her mind it was impossible for his gentle giant to be the cause of anything wrong in her life. Every moment she had spent with him had been a dream. He had saved her life! And now it was looking like he might very well do it again, but this time not with brute strength but with kind words and gentle touches.

Her gaze softened when he finished speaking, the smallest of smiles touching her muzzle. "Maybe the gods are still watching over me after all..." she whispered as she stood and closed the small distance between them again, leaning into his form and nuzzling her face into the fur on his neck. She still felt like she was shattered into a million pieces, still felt like she was the scum of the earth, but if Conan was willing to love her broken pieces who was she to deny him? Any other brute would have run from the possibility of raising some other bastard's children, but not Conan. She pressed herself against him, letting him be the rock she needed to gently put the pieces of herself back together again. "I love you too, Conan. I've loved you since that first night we spent together on the island. That's why it ripped me apart when I couldn't find you. I had to force myself not to think about you when I returned to my family after I snapped to keep from spiraling out of control again. You're my missing piece, the glue that holds me together." She lifted her head from his chest and tilted it up to tenderly lick his muzzle, smiling up at him with adoration and love shining in her eyes.



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