Ouroboros Spine glory

for a moment, though it was all play, chickadee tensed, wondering if kivaluk would ultimately deny her. but he didn't, and she tossed her plume with a jaunty laugh.
"okay, cool, roomie," she snickered a little, hiding the flutter of butterflies in her gut. "first things first, let's eat."
it would give them something to do, she decided, postponing the awkward first night they'd spend here after solitude had eaten them both up.