Swiftcurrent Creek sparking up my heart

His eyes roved over her lithe body – injured, still, it would seem – she was not the proud and healthy looking Bazi he had met upon his first day at the Creek, and wistfully, he recalled that day without any clarity now. She was still entirely far too enticing – the smallest cant of her muzzle was endearing, and the flick of her ear would have the potential to try to pull him in and sweep her to an embrace.

Except that she had ran from it all too quickly, and the trust he had so vehemently held for her had completely dissipated in to nothing. Once before he had stood up for her with firm convictions – had even made to protect her for very different reasons he did now. But he couldn’t pull back what they had once had the possibility of having.. and he was no longer certain he even wanted to.

But here they were – and she was trying to coax his feelings from him. “Shadow’s consistent presence even when he’s not physically here doesn’t help,” he murmured dryly in return, his thoughts drifting to the potential that arose there. “But I didn't come here to cry about my feelings. I came to see how you were and if you were settling in.”