Whitebark Stream you have the universe in your veins

The touch of the commander's tongue sent something in Wildfire's belly aflutter. If she didn't know better, she would have pegged this for a crush, as it reminded her of how she'd once felt toward Floki. But Thuringwethil was a woman, so that didn't make sense. It wasn't even that the yearling took issue with the idea of same sex pairings in general (she didn't), she had simply never once considered the possibility on a personal level. Mostly because she wanted kids and that wasn't how it worked. Her parents' lovers, for instance, were just for fun, not for reproduction.

A whole bunch of thoughts swarmed through her head, though luckily the Heda didn't seem to notice. She turned to wade back into the creek and, shoving her thoughts forcefully aside, the young ranger galloped after her. Perhaps sparked by the lick the moment prior, she found herself batting at the tip of the Alpha's tail. When Thuringwethil began to move across the shallows, Wildfire bounded in after her, splashing cold water all over both of them.