Snowforest Taiga Can you smell that? [M]

He’d put himself into this situation, and his mind screamed with the hiss of a thousand angry hornets. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. He was supposed to be with someone he loved- but he’d done this before, with a stranger, and nothing bad had become of it. And the pressure of children in a relationship…Perhaps it was that which had caused him to deny Fennec early in the Spring. 

Each thought was too loud to be heard. His vacant gaze wandered over the soft, pale fur of the woman, whose eyes were shimmery and hopeful. At first, she seemed to want the right things- to be alone, on her own- but he wondered if she truly was prepared. 

”You’ll want me now, but you’ll end up with a fatherless, packless batch of kids later-“ The thought ran through his mind, but the touch of her tail to his sensitive flank caused him to utter a soft, affectionate sound, and keep his words to himself. 

If this was what she wanted, it might as well be with him. 

He turned toward her, and reached to preen the fur behind one of her velveteen ears, smoothing out the fur there that was already so soft to the touch. He uttered a pleading growl- a bid for consent that he would need before he went any further.