Broken Antler Fen Now you've got to work for a living.

teya watched the water and thought of bridget.
the other woman had disappeared, and it had at last shaken teya from the selfish bubbling she had spun like a fish around she and reyes.
but somehow she realized she had come to love the man, to treasure the scarlet handsomeness of his face each morning, to wake with him, to bed down with him at night. reyes had become another point of stability for teya.
this frightened her. 
she knew the touch of his eyes by now, and knew that he was near, introspective in the way of a man who had seen more.
teya turned to welcome him, and for a stunning, shocking moment, she realized how restless she had become.
the raven crooned a sing-song note to him and pressed her lips against the side of his neck, tail revolving softly behind her hips.
"brecheliant would not be same without you, reyes."
behind the pair, the darkened sky spun with wind that carried the promise of cold to come. she watched it lift the hairs along the man's shoulders, and closed her eyes, laying her head against reyes' hackles a moment.