Redhawk Caldera The View from Halfway Down

catch her he did; she heard the splash of his body soon to follow, and turned to face bronco into the lapping darkness of the lake.
in a moment she was pressed against the scarred guardian, their wet fur meshing silently, and she looked into the golden tones of his eyes.
teya wanted him.
she had no head for the future nor the moments directly after this; she felt only her heart galloping in the cage of its ribs and wondered too if he heard it.
her coolwater eyes were laid bare as she watched him, wondering. dreading.