Blacktail Deer Plateau Be strong tonight

Confession time: I'm thirsting to see what would happen if Hawkeye dumped Peregrine and/or went after Atticus but there's another part of me that loooves these two ahhhhh CONFLICT OF INTEREST!~ I guess I'd have fun either way, lol. :)

Utterly unaware of his mate's uncertainty about him and their future together—he truly loved her with all of his heart and believed she loved him the same way—Peregrine welcomed her embrace with relief. Her tongue slapping against his jaw made him laugh and sent warm and fuzzy sensations through his entire body. He shuddered pleasantly.

As she buried her nose in his neck, he laughed out loud at her statement. "Oh, yeah? You are pretty scary-looking, particularly first thing in the morning, when your fur's all messy and you have bloodshot eyes and bad breath..." Giving her ear a nip, he leaped away from her before she could retaliate by tearing off his face. "And I'll keep that in mind!" he added teasingly, though he meant those words; he would keep everything she'd said tonight in a filing cabinet in the back of his head.