Neverwinter Forest ah, shit— you left the door unlocked!

Aibreann post after this one, so wait for that. >D

The bark should have been more of a clue. A slight pause, maybe, but considering nobody had ever really taken Mal up on the offer to come by his densite and mix it with a side of Aibreann's scent really rearranging his priorities, he didn't think much of it... Or at least didn't until he heard someone actually getting closer. And then Matty calling out further emphasized that and caused Mal to suddenly let go and attempt to disentangle himself from Aibreann before they had no choice in the matter while uttering a string of garbled curses under his breath.

Mal was typically shameless about a fair number of things -- including sex -- but he hadn't thought his open door policy would actually like.. Maybe be awkward. He looked to Aibreann with an expression that definitely did have an underlying tone of panic for some sort of suggestion about what to do. Um, one sec. -- What's going on? Right now his brain was shorting out from the combination of embarrassment and the instinct that he should step forward and protect her from a possible rival but the two were rather incompatible thoughts. Two seconds felt like five hours.