November 09, 2015, 06:04 PM
Story prompt time =D
So entertained by himself was he that his shoulders trembled with the force necessary to curb his mirth. It was fortunate indeed that his gaze resisted from looking upon his companion; had he seen evidence of her contemplative sashay all regulation of his boyish beguilement would have been lost. "I should build an extension then," he retorted with only a weak quiver of laughter in his voice as he summoned his inner calm.
A soot-colored nose reached out and touched her shoulder at the presentation of her praise. "You're welcome," he said with a warm smile. He was surprisingly obedient to her maternal decree and abstained from any further teasing...though it was with a typical streak of stubbornness that he did not permit a gimp to show in his steps as he approached the humble feast she'd prepared. Ridir was more worn from the trip than he'd thought apparently and was surprised by the soreness of his shoulders following the day's work.
"Remember how Auntie Ariadne used to talk about all the adventures they had?" he asked as he tenderly laid himself down and began delicately plucking the fish meat away from its bones. It'd been a while since he'd referred the matriarch as an aunt figure. Back when he and Caeli had been but babes he'd seen the beta alongside his own grandmother and had thought her quite beautiful. Emboldened by his youth, the fledgling wolf believed her beauty to be an asset of youth...and aside from verbally comparing her to his own mother he also began referring to her as 'auntie'. The elders had kindly snickered about it to themselves only when he was out of earshot; once the secret of her age came out Ridir had been so embarrassed that he'd actually avoided her for several weeks before making amends.
But his wounded pride had since healed and he'd recently dusted the old nickname off. It helped that he could sense Caeli's loneliness for her family...and he hoped that perhaps sharing stories would ease the hurt in her heart. He grinned and looked at his friend while quipping, "Like that time they ran into the family of skunks!"
So entertained by himself was he that his shoulders trembled with the force necessary to curb his mirth. It was fortunate indeed that his gaze resisted from looking upon his companion; had he seen evidence of her contemplative sashay all regulation of his boyish beguilement would have been lost. "I should build an extension then," he retorted with only a weak quiver of laughter in his voice as he summoned his inner calm.
A soot-colored nose reached out and touched her shoulder at the presentation of her praise. "You're welcome," he said with a warm smile. He was surprisingly obedient to her maternal decree and abstained from any further teasing...though it was with a typical streak of stubbornness that he did not permit a gimp to show in his steps as he approached the humble feast she'd prepared. Ridir was more worn from the trip than he'd thought apparently and was surprised by the soreness of his shoulders following the day's work.
"Remember how Auntie Ariadne used to talk about all the adventures they had?" he asked as he tenderly laid himself down and began delicately plucking the fish meat away from its bones. It'd been a while since he'd referred the matriarch as an aunt figure. Back when he and Caeli had been but babes he'd seen the beta alongside his own grandmother and had thought her quite beautiful. Emboldened by his youth, the fledgling wolf believed her beauty to be an asset of youth...and aside from verbally comparing her to his own mother he also began referring to her as 'auntie'. The elders had kindly snickered about it to themselves only when he was out of earshot; once the secret of her age came out Ridir had been so embarrassed that he'd actually avoided her for several weeks before making amends.
But his wounded pride had since healed and he'd recently dusted the old nickname off. It helped that he could sense Caeli's loneliness for her family...and he hoped that perhaps sharing stories would ease the hurt in her heart. He grinned and looked at his friend while quipping, "Like that time they ran into the family of skunks!"
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RE: Icarus - by Caeli - November 03, 2015, 05:48 PM
RE: Icarus - by Ridir - November 03, 2015, 06:36 PM
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RE: Icarus - by Ridir - November 05, 2015, 02:41 PM
RE: Icarus - by Caeli - November 07, 2015, 10:45 PM
RE: Icarus - by Ridir - November 08, 2015, 10:34 PM
RE: Icarus - by Caeli - November 08, 2015, 11:45 PM
RE: Icarus - by Ridir - November 09, 2015, 06:04 PM
RE: Icarus - by Caeli - November 18, 2015, 11:31 PM