Sunbeam Lair so they asked why

We could actually fade here if you fancy. :)

Some would call that a confession, but that was such an odd thing to call it. A confession was something a puppy might give to her mother after eating all the treats, or something an ashamed spy might give to the one they'd betrayed. But what Asterr and Noctura said to each other now was not a confession in the romantic's heart, but rather a truth that before now had felt unsayable. Even now it felt like it was somehow forbidden, for she was too high and too young and too important for a man like Noctura, but times had changed. Death was upon the land, and whether it was temporary or permanent it was still death. So life had to find a way, and here it was right here and now, in the words that had been spoken by magic.

He held his love closer, still exceptionally gentle for such a giant. No questions sprang to mind — not even a question that some might utter in this situation: "what now?" To Noctura, there was no such question. He would ever seek Asterr night after night so they could watch the stars together and speak of their days, and now those nights would be even more beautiful to him. Let's stay here a while, he suggested in a rumbling whisper. For this, to him, was perfect.

A long while.