Hushed Willows furnace

Now that was something she hadn't heard yet, his laughter.  It was deep, just like his voice, and she felt the merriment settle down in her bones.  Banner decided she rather liked it when Buchanan laughed and she wondered at the same time if he'd do it more often.  Because now they were.. well,  together.  The two emotionally distant wolves somehow came together and became a thing.

And didn't that just make her heart beat faster.

It felt like forever that she had to wait for him to return her open gestures of affection but in reality it had only been minutes.  His wolf kiss was met with a short burst of laughter - it had just bubbled up before Banner could think to do anything about it.  Then again, it wasn't something she wished to quash.  If she was going to feel something unabashedly, the Beta would much rather feel this all day, every day.  Her heart fluttered when he nipped her.  What had she been so afraid of?  Slow was okay.  But they'd gone quite slow, hadn't they?  It wasn't like their relationship sprang up out of thin air.  No, she and Buchanan had allowed this to grow organically and it felt.. right.

The shiver that ran down her spine at his murmured admission caused her to close her eyes and revel in her own quiet way.  Banner pushed herself up on her toes and grabbed one of his mahogany ears gently between her pearly teeth.  I can live with that, she quipped upon release.  Might be hard work to keep me happy - I'm awfully high-maintenance, you know.  Her green eyes sparkled when she pulled back, the friendly saracasm feeling playful on her tongue.