where is a fish in orbit? trouter space

Going to wrap this up so we can have a more current thread soon! :)

Luke made no further comment. It was a lot for him to absorb and he struggled to see the alpha pair from the caldera in the light in which Lasher had, understandably, cast them. He swept his white muzzle across the edge of his lover's ear, moving from there to the man's neck as he savored the quiet moment of affection between them. He allowed the thoughts of Peregrine and what transpired to pass to the back of his mind for the time being, and so thoughts of his own home came to occupy the forefront instead. "I need to be going," he murmured, brushing his tongue across the flat of Lasher's muzzle. With the hollow newly founded, his absences had to be kept short. "I'll come back soon, unless you pass by the hollow first," he smiled. He hated to leave after such a dark topic had been broached between them, but he had responsibilities to uphold now.

Not content to leave on a subdued mood, the blue-nosed wolf sprang sideways and then darted back in with a woof to plant a teasing nip on the beta's hip. Frolicking away, he turned back to cast a playful wink at his lover, his front quarters bowing slightly as his rump swayed in the air, a suggestion that perhaps next time they'd have a chance for a little more fun. Laughing good-naturedly, he made his exit on swift, nimble paws as he bounded toward home.