Whitebark Stream Rose garden filled with thorns

"i will take that time, then," stigmata smiled, feeling more easygoing than he had in months. maybe years. he got to his feet and circled around takiyok - nibbling her spine fondly - before coming to lay beside her, now facing the same direction. he leaned into her pale, firm shoulder and twitched his ears towards the noisy river, sighing contentedly. just existing here, pressed against the queen valkyrie, was an act of bonding for stigmata. he felt no need to pry into her past or wonder about how to make her happy; these things were almost irrelevant.

but being able to recline in her presence, without any sort of worry shared between them, was absolute bliss to him and he dared not ruin it with conversation. his head settled over her long legs, and his eyes began to flutter shut as his breathing eased more and more. he would lay there as long as she allowed, and they would part ways understanding one another a little bit better than they had the first time.

fade here? and i just want to say that i love how organic our threads are & how we've literally never talked at all about how we interact with these two <3 can't wait for another thread!