Rising Sun Valley Dear Fellow Traveller

((Sorry replies have been SO slow lately Dx Health hasn't been good
Heat rising to his cheeks, Louis blinked, grinning stupidly for a moment as heat spiraled out from where she'd placed her affection.

Different. She called him. Well, that was no insult! "And proud to be." He acclaimed with another hum, big ears swiveling forward eagerly. "If it wins me your favor. Or even your smile." The words might've seemed childishly adulating, but he spoke them with conviction nonetheless.

No, Louis did not seem to find them silly, and it was with earnestness that he rolled again onto his belly and waved a paw at her, inviting her to close the space again if it pleased her to do so. Whatever closeness, at whatever pace she desired, he was quite certain he wanted it, too.