Hushed Willows furnace

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When he agreed it almost felt like praise.  Banner straightened up and gave him a bright smile despite her awkard feelings from moments before.  Her dark tail wagged lazily, ears cupping forward with interest when he closed the gap between them even more.  Oh, how she loved being close to him.  The smile on her face was growing but she didn't care to temper it.  As far as she was concerned, all was right with her little world.  Marauder's Keep was calm, she'd been given a lovely gift, and the giver decided to spend his time with her.

Her head tilted just a bit when he spoke of courting.  Courting?  Huh.  Banner didn't know anything about that, either.  Her days were always full of avoiding others and even though she enjoyed observation from afar, she'd never bothered to study up on relationships.  That'd been Stark's thing.  Well, not so much relationships as.. flings?  It didn't matter - that was all his business.

Buchanan took a deep breath and asked her a question she never thought she'd be happy to hear.  Oh!  Oh.  It was, of course, follwed by a statement that he understood if she wasn't ready.  Banner drew in a breath much the same as he had done and closed the small gap between them by pressing her nose affectionately to his chin.  Normally it'd be seen as a submissive gesture (and she supposed it still was to some extent) but the low, contented purr that accompanied it spoke volumes.  Not content to simply touch him in this way, the short Beta pressed moved to nibble lightly at his strong jaw.  Yes, she replied in a breathy voice that came out much like a very happy sigh.  She felt so light!  Her heart was absolutely soaring.  Never in all her days did Banner think she'd experience something as lovely as this.