Larksong Grotto Plastic bag, middle class, polyethylene

reek heeded, an apology upon his lips, and vuk gave a violent shake of her head. "n-no!" she exclaimed in a whisper, moving so that she could align her muzzle against his own. do not apologize, she wished to say. he had only wanted comfort, and perhaps his took a different form than her own.

comfort she could give, but not with her body; her own hungers had not yet been sorted. her first experience of intimacy had been pleasant only for a moment -- it had brought her grief and pain and loss, and vuk was unsure if she ever wished to revisit the moment with another.

she lay alongside reek and was silent.