Broken Boulder used to know

this thread was so perfect oh my gosh. want to fade here? <3

Others before Ulf had assured him of the same thing, but somehow, it still felt genuine. Alarian relaxed as he felt his friend settle back against him, as he listened to him speak. Good, He breathed, leaning to draw his tongue over the wolfdog's ear. In that moment, he forgot his worries surrounding the new feelings; he forgot his fear, the fact that he was being an idiot and rushing in again, the ache that told him he still wasn't quite over Lennon yet anyway— none of it mattered then.
All that mattered was that Ulf would stay, that he wanted to be near him. Perhaps this would turn out different than the times before. And even if it didn't, Ali was five seconds in and already too far gone to care.