Redtail Rise [m] bolero

It was unlike anything Ratio had ever experienced. It was so different with Ashlar, in many more ways than one. The sensation was new but the swelling of emotion in his chest was, as well. He was not a female in heat, driven lusty by hormones. He had made this decision and he had done so with his heart and body unbound by nature. Indeed, nature played a small role here. 

It made his heart sing. 

Afterward, he pressed as close to Ashlar as he could, greedy and without any inhibition. The earthy man lay his head against his shoulder and Ratio turned his own to look at him. He took in his face, eyes roaming quietly over his features - so much softer than his own. He was gorgeous, plainly so. With no filter, he spoke the words aloud - "You're beautiful." It was spoken with blunt honesty, in a deep and rumbling tone of awe. Pressing his nose to Ashlar's forehead, he brushed his tongue along his fur in a long, slow kiss. "You're everything.

There had been another. The woman that Ashalr had spoken of, she had also been with the man. It should sting and on some level it did but he was too caught up in the emotion he was finally allowing himself to feel. Ashalr against him, fur against fur, and warmth shared between their two bodies. He had not realized how much he had needed it until he'd had it. Now, he wanted only to stay as close as he could for as long as Ashlar would allow.