Blacktail Deer Plateau Under the moons waning gaze

Last post from me. This was such an awesome thread. <3

Her answer delighted him, and in truth, it surprised him a little bit too. He had never expected her to be as interested in him as he was in her, and the fact that she wanted him to court her was nothing short of thrilling. He didn't really know what came next, but he figured he'd just follow his heart and sort it out one step at a time. He'd talk to Perry too, perhaps, and get some insight from his brother. Even though Peregrine's relationship with Hawkeye had been about as different from this as it could possibly be, Perry still had experience with women that Atticus didn't.

He looked at her in a new light now, seeing her not as his Alpha female or as a woman he was interested in, but now as the woman he was courting. That something so beautiful had arisen from circumstances so bleak and tragic was nothing short of a miracle, and it brought a small smile to his lips. Stepping forward, he kissed her gently on the cheek -- nothing dramatic or overbearing, just a sweetly tender flick of his tongue on soft fur. "C'mon, let's walk and talk for a while," he suggested. "The shadows are itchin' to hear more secrets."