Blacktail Deer Plateau [m] No [m]atter where I go to

the afterglow settles over him, and he basks in it, pressing kisses to wherever he can reach as he feels her teeth feather thru his chest fur. rusalka's gaze is heavy-lidded as it settles contentedly upon the horizon, catching his breath until the second round.

for he knows it will follow. looks forward to it.

when she begins to speak, though, his gaze drifts down to her, where it settles; offering solveig his rapt and undivided attention.

i'm not going anywhere, he rumbles his promise. i love you, my fierce valkyrie, an affectionate nip given to her ear; the knowledge that is the first time rusalka has given voice to the true depths of his feelings for her not lost upon him. and i love our children, even the ones yet to come. which was ironic, perhaps, because he had not been sure how he would do in the role of father.