Moonspear Alone unless you wanna come along

arcturus had been so assured in his providence, glaring down the back of the she-wolf’s head with a child’s righteousness and indignation — and then, the subject of his scrutiny turned around. 

just like that, arcturus wilted under the full blast of her warm countenance. just like that, lavender and honey overwhelmed him. 

like a child caught mid act with his hands groping in the cookie jar, arcturus paused — the radiance of her smile and the softness of her eyes melted his weak defenses. arcturus was a greenhorn in terms of structuring and enforcing mental barriers - and speedy’s easy smile had vaulted clean over his manufactured walls, leaving him bewildered. 

besides - she was a girl — a pretty one at that; his gaze fumbled inept in its grace as he took her in, awe slowly filling the darkened pool of his yellow eyes. 

he said nothing; his tongue leaden and dead — but his tail fell from its high climb, and his ears lost their assertive posture.