Redsand Canyon cupio

maybe one more from you and i can close? <3

ruenna welcomed him with an elegant and captivating tip. she stood beside him and in the warm still air of their home he watched her mouth form those words.

for a long moment he was silent, brow smoothing from a furrow. "i have no desire to walk away from you or from this marriage." his affirmation hung between them. the eagle reached to kiss her cheek 

this time he was more assured of himself. she knew him well. here they were not imperator and matrona, only a man compelled by fascination with his wife.

and when at last germanicus felt that he should linger no longer, when his arms went around her with a quiet finality, be experienced the culminating rightness of their bond.

~*~

figure flagging but only for now, he lay back upon their covelet besotted and bemused, watching her with a gathering affection in his yellowpaint eyes. and when he had caught his breath germanicus smiled broadly. "i am yours, ruenna."