Blacktail Deer Plateau The road outside my house is paved with good intentions

Finally, finally he comes to her and his touch sears away the dark fear printed into her eyelids. 

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When it's over, she curls into him - tired but content. She tucks her head against his dark chest, his soft fur a pillow under her cranium, listening to the steady thump of his heartbeat. 

Her freckled muzzle brushed through Kavik's coat as she rolled onto her back, grooming him affectionately as the fae released a happy sigh.

"Asavakkit," she murmured, dark eyes seeking his own.