Sunbeam Lair so they asked why

Such unspeakable words had felt foreign on her tongue, for though the gesture was something she knew of, it was not something so commonly practiced withing her birth tribe. A man could love a woman—or vice versa—for years on end, but never would the quietest of I love you's be exchanged between them. It was not something that was said, simply something that was done, but she'd felt that Noctura was deserving of both. The words and actions alike, they were meant for him and him alone, for he had managed to claim for himself her affections. That night, such emotions had only been made all the more real, and though it felt strange to her, never would she alter their time spent together if the opportunity to do so was offered to her. The stargazer had become close to her, and she wished only to let him inch even closer.

Towards his words, she had not uttered a single thing. Rather, she'd relaxed against him, head leaning to the side until it had made contact with his shoulder. Even if he'd not recommended doing so, she would have stayed there beside him, gazing up into the night sky. Beside him, she was home.