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t h o r n s t r i k e

warrior, treeclan

Her eyes closed. He held his breath as she inhaled and exhaled once, slowly. Time stood still. He watched her, waiting for her response. Her eyes opened.

And they burned.

She closed the gap between them, and suddenly her body was against his and her face was in his neck and she surrounded him and he surrounded her and they just were.

"Thornstrike, I love you, too."

That's all it took. He melted then, licked her ear softly and purring, transferring his contentment to her. Thornstrike nuzzled her back, forcing the fire of the forest to burrow into his heart. He had her now, and all those thoughts of it not being okay or it being weird or what-have-you burned away as her heat permeated the air.

"Emberstorm," he breathed, the full weight of his unhindered emotions unleashed in a single name. She loved him back. He still couldn't believe it. He wanted to run around in the snow like a little kit again, chasing and leaping and just having fun. He had a friend and a lover and a confidant and a partner and he just wanted to let go. He lifted his eyes from the fiery flank in front of him and noticed the falling snow, spotting the bushes and their own fur. His eyes sparkled, and as much as he could stand here with Emberstorm forever, he was getting cold. He wanted to run.

His tail tapped her shoulder as he broke away. "Last to camp is a mousebrain!"

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omg that was so much funnnnnn. End thread or keep going? I left it open either way.