The type of thing that happens between two consenting adults (Mature)

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Rated M for mature, sexual content.

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She was hot sweaty, and naked. Eteri felt...somewhat safe being naked right now. Nevin had left a day ago to take care of some business. He told her he may be a few days and joked that he may just miss out on her being in heat. It just might be a good thing. Eteri lay on her stomach against the stone floor of the bathroom in an attempt to cool her body down. She knew it wouldn’t help but she had to try. The hormones raging in her body were screaming at her.

Eteri already tried leaving the shop but Nevin locked it up tight. Stupid pre-emptive prick. He was allowed to go and sleep around but she wasn’t? ’That’s right I can smell it on you when you come back from your late night ‘material gathering’ OK...granted…. She wasn’t in the right frame of mind but was that really such a bad thing? Sex wasn’t all Eteri wanted right now...She felt as though she could honestly sink her teeth into some writhing flesh right about now. A low rumble echoed in the quiet room. Her stomach grumbled and she couldn’t decide what she felt more… hunger or hornyness.

<”Fuck me…”> Eteri muttered as she pushed herself off the floor and wiped her brow with the back of her hand. ’ I need to cool down…. She stood up and turned on the shower before standing under it. “Brr…” Shivers rolled through her pale body as the frozen water hit her creamy skin. It reminded her of being back in Salvar. It helped… if only a little…

She glanced at her fingernails, underneath were matted piles of fluff and material. Yeh….oops. Eteri hoped Nevin would forgive her for practically scratching up his furniture and upholstery. She sat in the shower and yowled as she pressed her back against the wall. This feeling was almost too painful to bear.

The shop was quiet as I came back inside, a somewhat large covered bowl in my hands as I did so and a satchel with greenery sticking out of it hanging from my hip. I looked around for a moment, concerned that Eteri had managed to get outside while I was gone, and I really hoped that wasn’t the case. Eteri had been acting strangely for the last couple days, and I realized that it must have meant that her cycle was either about to start, or already beginning. So I had gone to get her a gift, something to help cheer her up from the weird funk that she had been in since her sister’s visit.

The bowl in my hands jumped slightly - and even after the contents stopped sloshing around, I could hear water running, and a bolt of relief went through me. Eteri hadn’t left - she was just taking a shower. I locked the door behind me and headed into the back, setting the bowl in the middle of the table and dropping the satchel by the door to my workshop. Somewhat cautiously, I approached the door to the bathroom and raised his voice to call out to my… girlfriend? Catgirlfriend? Hmm. I would have to think of what to call her, especially if this lasted like I sincerely hoped it would.

“Eteri, honey. I’m home, and I brought you something when you get out of there.” It was a bit odd for her to be taking a shower, she didn’t normally like to do that, but I supposed she did it from time to time anyway. If she hadn’t been in there, I probably would have taken a shower himself. Oh well, I would just have to do that after she was out and eating dinner - for now, I’d just change clothes. I walked into the bedroom -

And froze, staring at the claw marks on the corner of the bed and the edges of the curtain around the part of the room that Eteri still ostensibly made her bed in. Heart beats passed, and I raised an eyebrow. Well, that was new.

NOISE! Eteri bolted out of the shower, it was still running. No time to turn off. No. She heard noise then smelt something. She heard Nevin there was no denying those footsteps but hunger won out for now.

“Eteri? Is that-”

Eteri didn’t hear him as she skidded past the bedroom, practically on all fours, claws scratching against the floorboards as she smashed into the wall and shook her head before turning toward the kitchen. There. THERE!

Eteri practically pounced on the bowl and it clattered to the floor. She sat on his counter, completely naked as her teeth tore into the fish. God holy mother of everything that is warm and sunny when was the last time I was able to eat like this?
She groaned in satisfaction as she finished it off, picking bits of meat off the bone before she carelessly dropped the bloody carcass to the floor.

<”So good~”> she mewled happily as she started to lick the juices off of her hands, tail thumping against the counter. It was at that point the blue haired catgirl heard footsteps approach and... well she knew it was Nevin but instincts kicked in and she bolted, sending bottles, glasses and vials to the floor as she leapt to the top of the cabinet then to the rafters. Crouching down in the shadows Eteri sank her claws into the wood. Golden eyes watching the doorway at the sound of approaching footsteps.

What….was...Nevin….doing? Her heart thumped against her chest. She could almost smell him. He smelt...sweaty… and dirty...and surprisingly good.

“NEviiiiiinnnnnnnn” EteriI Yowled loudly. She could smell him…she could smell his pheromones

Eteri had burst out of the shower faster than I could react to, and all I had seen of her was a flash of blue as her tail zipped out of sight. Wait, had she not - nope, the shower was still running. I shook his head with a rueful smile and headed in that direction to turn it off. She had probably smelled the fish inside the bowl. The water in the bathroom was rather frigid, why had she - I froze, in part because of the cold and in part of realizing just why someone would take a painfully cold shower.

“Oh. Crimson.” I turned and began walking towards the kitchen. There was a clatter ahead of me, and some light thudding, and when I walked into the kitchen I was treated to an interesting sight. The bowl was on the floor, the water that had been inside of it spread across the room. There were also bones and fish scales, and bits of blood, scattered around. It seemed that my - now there was a thought, was she mine? - cat-girl was a bit of a messy eater if didn’t take the time to prepare the food for her.

Then my name was yowled from the rafters, and I looked up to see Eteri staring at him, her yellow eyes wide and flashing with hunger and - hunger. I also saw her bare, swinging breasts. Of course when she left the bathroom she hadn’t grabbed a towel, just run out wet and dripping. I swallowed.

“Hello Eteri.” It was then that I looked down, and realized that I had taken off my shirt before she ran out, so I was standing there with it in one hand. I slowly looked back up to the gleaming eyes above him - oh dear, those were getting closer very fast, weren’t they?

“OMPH!” Nevin fell to the floor hard and Eteri was on top of him, head planted firmly in the crook of his neck. “Smell good.” She said as she inhaled deeply, tail twitching and beating side to side on the floor in quick succession. ‘Thump’ ‘Thump’ ‘Thump’

“Happy you home…”” She purred into his neck as her hands found their way around his shoulders. Nevin sat up wrapping one arm around her waist to hold her in place. “Eteri you -ah… alright there?”

The dazed woman nodded into his neck and inhaled again. Why did he smell oh so good.
She gasped, opening her mouth to have her teeth graze gently against his skin. A low rumble rose up from inside Eteri and a soft purr vibrated against him.

This time the half breed didn’t hold back. Her tongue lapped at his neck as she nipped at his skin, leaving a wet trail down his neck.

Nevin let out a loud groan and shifted his arm down, one hand dropping to cup her pert ass, pressing her lower half against him as she continued to nibble on his neck. His head tilted to the side, giving better access as his fingers pressed hard into her soft skin.

Eteri fidgeted against his grasp her mouth opened and her breaths came in short quick successions. It was like the slightest of touches sent her into a frenzy. Eteri struggled to contain Herself. She wanted more...dammit she needed more. The woman shifted so Ishe was sitting on top of him, grinding against his hips as she started to mewl softly enticing him to take here there and then.

“If you don’t get off of me now, we’re going to have our first time be on my kitchen floor. I would personally rather it be on the bed, but I don’t know how much longer I can resist you, honey.” He spoke in a thick, growly voice.

He wanted bed? Why? This was fine. This was good. His voice was luxurious, deep, rolling, commanding. Eteri’s ears flicked low against the back of my her and ignoring his warmings, she nipped at his neck again.

My fingers of the hand gripping her supple, surprisingly muscular cheek shifted, reaching the base of her tail and gently massaging, scratching, and stroking the skin around the base, and the edge of her tail itself. She stiffened against me, letting out a mewl that was buried in the crook of my neck. Music to my ears - but I refused to let our first time be here, on the kitchen floor. Not if I wanted to prove to her that sex was more than just for reproduction. So I stopped scratching at her spine and used my threads to lever myself off the floor, bringing her with me with a surprised, distracted squeak.

As I stood up I shifted my hands, cupping my legs under her thighs and holding them around my waist as she went from straddling me to hanging onto me. I paused a moment as I felt the hard length in my trousers press against her. She didn’t seem to mind, in fact she pressed herself into me and even through my loose pants I could feel how wet she was. Oh yes, getting to the bedroom right now was at the top of my list of priorities. Slightly below it was getting rid of my pants because sweet flow they were in the way. Thank Crimson I hadn’t closed any doors behind me, so as I walked I didn’t have to take my attention off of the girl slowly grinding herself against me.

She looked up at me as we entered the bedroom, and I could see a desperate need in her eyes.

I tightened my hold on her with one hand as I stood by the edge of my bed - one knee brushing against clawed up fabric - and my other hand came up to cup the back of her head, and I leaned in to kiss her. There was nothing calm about this kiss - and even though the smell of fresh fish, and raw meat came from her mouth for a few seconds I was undeterred. I had been craving this kiss for far too long now. Her soft lips parted and she happily lapped at my lips and tongue, pressing herself flush against me as we deepened the kiss.

Each tiny moan, every quiver that wracked her body was fuelled by urges that overpowered any sense of thought the woman usually had. Not that she had much to begin with. Her hands found their way to his hips and they feverishly clawed at his pants, literally ripping a hole into them. She murmured incomprehensibly into his ear as she tried to tug his pants down already grinding herself against his erect cock as it sprang forth (LIKE A MIGHTY STEED) from the hole in his pants. She needed this, she yearned for this. Anything to take this away from her would be considered a version of absolute teasing torture. “Please….” Eteri whined finally as her hand gripped his dick, shifting up and down it in a slow rhythm.

He paused for a moment as she tore his pants open. The begging had been wonderful to hear, and a dark smirk stretched his lips for a moment. “Oh yes. Just keep begging for it, honey.”

Eteri didn’t seem too pleased by this new turn of events, she attempted to straddle him, guiding him into her but Nevin held her away. Just far enough that she’d be able to feel his tip prod at her. “Nevinnnnn….” She whined, trying to overpower him in a futile effort. “Not fair!” She squirmed, becoming more than a handful for his muscular arms. One hand still attempted to guide him into her and the other dug into the mid of his back, her claws breaking his skin.

It quickly became apparent what kind of person Eteri was in the bedroom, she was practically a weak, trembling putty in Nevin’s grip.

I slowly laid her down, holding himself just far enough away that no matter how she squirmed her hips she could never get him to enter her. Instead, I kept one hand on her hips, pinning her down in place as I slowly leaned over her. I stared into her eyes, then gently cupped her face with one hand.

“We have as long as we need honey. I’m going to do this, and you, right.” She whimpered and shook her head quickly.

“Don’t want right. Want now.” The pleading in her voice, the whimpering and mewling from the back of her neck as she stared up at me with those wide, falsely innocent eyes… I stared into her eyes for a moment longer, before nodding slowly. My hand left her face to grip the other side of her hips, and with a growl I pushed my hips forward, finally letting her guide him in. She let out a loud, keening yowl of pleasure as I sank down onto her frame, and her claws on my back went wild as she wriggled around beneath him, now pinned to the bed by my cock rather than by his hands.

Tight, wet heat wrapped around me and I couldn’t stop myself from groaning as I relished this feeling. Now it would be even worse when she tormented me with her naive actions when she wasn’t feeling frisky, because now I would know exactly what was waiting for me if I gave in and just took her whether or not she actually wanted me to.

Back I rolled his hips, drawing out of her, and she immediately began whimpering, her eyes fluttering back open to stare at me in betrayal - until I drove forward again, driving her down into the soft bed. She let out a squeak as her tiny frame shook from the thrust, and I grinned before leaning down to kiss her roughly, before I moved my mouth to her neck. I bit her hard before sucking on the now tender, stinging flesh, ensuring he left a mark on the side of her neck for all to see - she was mine, and I had no qualms in others seeing it. I’d happily confirm SOME of those rumors now.

Eteri wanted more, with every thrust she felt the satisfaction of rolling pleasure heat her entire frame. With every nip at her neck, every flick of her nipple… it was everything she wanted and more.

Eteri had sex before, but not quite like this. It was as though it was something he had studied closely, and extensively. Eteri shivered. If he kept this up she’d reach orgasm and climax sooner than she wanted.

“N-Nevin…” She whimpered, finally managing to grasp speech. “N-need..a..ahh…” Whatever words she wanted to speak were lost when she felt his teeth clamp down hard over her breast, followed by a gentle suckling sensation. She arched her back into him and wrapped her legs right around his waist. Eteri’s clawed hands dragged down his back until… until the strange tendrils left his body and entangled themselves around her wrist, holding her down. “M.mmf….”

“You’re mine” He growled possessively as he pulled out, she groaned and tried to wriggle back toward him. “No. I want to hear you say it. Tell me who you belong to.”

Eteri mumbled quietly her lips quivering as her half lidded eyes stared up at Nevin. Longing, submissive. “Tell me.” He repeated.

“I...I belong to you…” Eteri breathed, and was rewarded, rightly so as Nevin pressed the length of himself back into her. His hand found the round of her ass as he pulled her up on an angle. Driving deeper into her Eteri’s eyes fluttered as they rolled into the back of her head. Every so often she’d on purposefully struggle against the binds just so she’d feel them wrap around her tighter.

Just how much can he feel with those things…. the thought briefly crossed her mind before it became lost as Nevin once again pressed his lips to her own and Eteri became lost in the heated and coppery taste of his tongue.

I kept up an unrelenting assault on her body as my hips rolled in a steady motion, pumping in and out of her as my tongue fought hers in her mouth. She almost seemed to welcome it though, and she only ‘struggled’ for a moment before suckling on my tongue and scraping it with her teeth. I shuddered and closed my eyes for a moment, before opening them into narrow slits. If she wanted to play at that game - fine.

I kept kneading her ass with the fingers of one hand, but now my other hand slid around, to where our bodies joined. Her eyes shot open and wide as my thumb brushed against her clit, and she let out the cutest damn sound I had ever heard as I started gently stroking it. It seemed like whoever she had been with hadn’t exactly been attentive lovers, which I couldn’t really blame them for. And I was damn glad I had put in time to relearn what to do, and how to do it properly. I paused for the briefest of moments as I began to feel her body convulse and clench itself around me. I pulled back, a wide grin stretching my lips.

“Well. That was one, was it?” I slowly pulled out of her, and she craned her hips to try to keep me inside, whimpering loudly and shaking her head. I kept my tendrils around her wrists - and added some to her ankles for good measure, making sure she was fully pinned to the bed as I moved back and grinned at her. My cock was standing upright, glistening in the light in the room and I slowly rubbed it against her lips as I watched her squirm wildly, trying to twist to get me back in.

“Ah ah, honey. Now we’re going to go a bit slower, have our fun now that your edge is taken off.”

She had barely reached orgasm before he pulled away from her, her insides still twitched and ached. Throbbing and engorged, she was not done. Far from done. Eteri mumbled, how could be so utterly amazing yet so cruel at the same time? Where was this dominant and headstrong man coming from? It was hard to imagine it was the same meek man who flushed at the very sight of her. Her breaths came in short, quick successions. “More! Now!” she demanded as she tugged on his restraints. “Need more. Want Nevin!”

”I’m right here, honey.” A teasing, prodding feeling against her pussy, and what she wanted was almost there. “But we’re doing this at my pace. You just stay there and be a good girl.” The way he drawled out the words ‘good girl’ …. Eteri rolled her eyes back and tilted her head back, relaxing for just a few short moments.

“Y-Yes…” she breathed. How could she not listen to him? With those eyes, that grip, his low drawl...and how he had her utterly bound to his whim? Eteri didn’t realise how much she Enjoyed such things. She was used to a few quick fucks before literally bouncing off on her way. It was clear this wasn’t going to happen tonight.

“But…” She began. “Need touch...Need Nevin…” She needed more from him she needed everything he could throw at her. She wanted him just as much as he desired her but she didn’t just want him. She wanted every single part of him. Heated breath, throbbing cock, blood riddled tendrils and more.


“Oh, you need me, honey? Well then, you can have me.” And with a twist to his lips, Nevin shifted on the bed, and soon his shaft was bobbing near Eteri’s face.

Pursing her lips in pure defiance as she felt him press his throbbing cock toward her mouth. She could smell a mixture of both his and her own bodily fluids as they dripped from the end of his cock onto her chin.

Dammit…

How could she resist? Her mouth parted and she practically melted as Nevin crooned ‘Good girl’ at her a second time.

She opened her mouth and felt himself press into her. Eteri mumbled, her tongue rolling over the tip of his shaft as he slowly began to thrust in and out; every so often her pointed canines would graze against his skin. He withdrew long enough for Eteri to catch her breath and mumble, “Taste good…” before he laughed and pressed himself into her again.

While this wasn’t heaven, I felt that this was one of the closest sensations that I would get while still alive. Eteri’s tongue was rough against me, almost like soft sand paper, and she swirled her tongue around my cock, flicking it against every part of me that slid inside of her mouth. The first time her teeth had grazed my skin I had paused, breath hitching for a moment, and I shivered before resuming a slow, gentle pace. I pulled out to let her breath, and her soft comment amused me before I slipped back between her lips.

At some point her eyes drifted closed and she began suckling on me, her tongue massaging the underside of my shaft as she made tiny noises in the back of her throat. She looked enthralled, her face a strange mixture of almost-hunger and a relaxed pleasure, and I knew that this expression was one that I had to be very careful not to get addicted to seeing. Otherwise, well, I would be having her service me on a far too regular basis. Although it looked as though she wouldn’t mind one bit, so maybe that was something to think about in the future.

I shuddered as her tongue pressed against a particular spot just behind the crown of my cock, and it seemed like dear Eteri caught that. Her eyes popped open, wide, and then a happy, mischievous glint shone in them. She tried again to get her hands free, but when they didn’t budge she let out a slight whimper before setting to work with an intense determination, Her cheeks started to hollow as she persistently pressed against that spot, and my eyes drifted closed as white bursts of pleasure began to build up.

“Eteri -honey you need to stop now or -” That was the wrong thing to say. She moaned harmoniously as if on cue and her tongue continued to lap against the crown of my cock. Shit.. I grit my teeth and placed one hand on the back of her head, resting between her ears as my body tensed - then I came, shooting into her mouth as she made a ridiculously happy sound.

He pulled away as Eteri felt a burst of thick liquid fill her mouth. She tilted her head up and with a slight choking sound swallowed. Nevin went to pull away but her teeth bit gently into his shift, signally she wasn’t finished with him. Eteri lapped at Nevin’s dick, suckling gently till she was sure every last drop had been cleaned. He slowly drew away and she breathed a content sigh. Tongue darting out to lick her lips. The tendrils slowly released themselves from her wrists and ankles and Eteri practically leapt at him when she was free. She wanted to be close to him. The rumbling fervour in her had died down just enough for her to resist riding him again…

“Tummy warm…” Eteri said with a purr as she rubbed her face into the crook of his neck. Nevin had to tumble back to the bed as she wrapped her legs around his waist, gyrating into his still semi-erect cock. She seemed to ignore that for the time being. Too preoccupied with literally rubbing herself against him. Nevin bit back a groan as a leg brushed against him - he was sensitive after his orgasm, and it seemed like she wasn’t aware of that at all.

“Eteri enjoy~” She purred as she laughed softly into his neck. “Happy.” She continued to keep her body close to his, inhaling deeply she gave a low vibrating rumble. “Smells good…” Nevin kissed the top of her head.

“I enjoyed that too, honey.” His hand began rubbing circles on the small of her back, a steady motion as he breathed deeply. He didn’t, couldn’t purr like she did, but the content smile on his face gave away his satisfaction.

“Eteri...is want stay…Eteri...feel for Nevin...”

My breath stopped for a moment as she said that. Her voice was sleepy, and she burrowed into my side, tucking her face deeper into the crook of my shoulder and neck. I tightened my arm around her, holding her tight against me. I doubted she’d hear me now, but I said it anyway.

“And I want you to stay, Eteri.” My voice was soft, and she mewled against my side. I didn’t know if that was in response to what I said, or if it was just because of my voice. But either way, I settled back on the bed, staring up at the ceiling as I enjoyed laying there, having her pressed against me. It was quite relaxing, and the way she began purring was soothing, and I found my own eyes drifting shut.

That is, until something that felt like electric sparks danced against my stomach, moving in a strange pattern, back and forth, almost like it was searching. My eyes shot open and my head shot up, and I bit my tongue to stop the surprised shout. The tentacles from the twisted soul part had emerged once more, and were steadily waving in the air, almost passively waving back and forth. Except for the one that had found me, and was currently writhing back and forth. A sound, a breath, and movement, and I looked towards Eteri’s face.

Eteri opened her eyes, even in the dim light I could tell that the expression wasn’t quite her own, it was blank and lacked the content and cheeky smile she usually wore. She shifted and her claws dug sharply into my chest as her face fell to my neck, her teeth grazing it as she shifted to straddle me. Her mouth opened and she breathed words that sent a shiver down a spine and shoved a rod into my cock. “Dominate me, Master Nevin~” The purr was more akin to a growl.

I surged upwards, throwing the dazed Eteri off of me. Before the ...new personality could recover, crimson threads shot from my shoulders and back, pinning her arms and legs up, and spreading her, holding her in the air as I got to my feet. Ghostly tentacles slid against me as I moved in, staring into the eyes of the thing that was wearing Eteri’s face at the moment.

“I don’t know how much is her, and how much is you. But I warn you now, twisting and warping her will not get you what you want.” My threads wrapped around the tentacles that were rubbing against me, trapping them in place and lifting them from my form as I waited to see what the reaction of this thing inside of Eteri was. In the meantime, I cursed my body for reacting.

Her head lifted up slightly. “I’m confused…” her brows shifted into a mild confusion that seemed genuine. “I am Eteri…” She wriggled against the binds and her pale chest rose and fell in deep breathes. “Please… Need...you….”

The binds tightened and she groaned as her head rolled forward, a small giggle bubbled out from her lips as her eyes landed on him. “NEed me too?” She asked as she cocked her head to the side. “Would like if always called Master?” She teased.

Nevin froze, staring at the… at Eteri. Unbidden, a memory came back to him, of someone speaking to him. "How long do you think it'd be - before it eats away at the psyche of a person, so much so that they cease to exist?” Was that - was that this, the corrupt soul inside of her eating away at her? Or was it trying to blend with its new host, and using the sex to jumpstart it?

“Master Nevinnn….” The groan from her sounded...more Eteri like, she repeated her words. “Dominate….want...inside…” The last word was growled laced with an unnerving desire that may have been Eteri, may have been the strange piece of soul floating around in her, or her animalistic nature coming through.... Perhaps a mix of all three. She tried to break free of the tendrils. “NOW” She hissed as her lips curled into a snarl.

Dominate me, dominate want inside now - this thing, why is it so desperate for me? But I could see that the longer I waited, the more that Eteri struggled against the bonds, and I didn’t want her to hurt herself trying to get free to get to me. So, I did what any red blooded man who do when the woman he cares for is demanding he take her.

I dropped her down, using the hold my tendrils had on her to pull her down rapidly, lining her up and slamming into her in one fast, hard motion that sent a jolt through both of our bodies as our hips impacted. She let out a keening sound, and I took that as a sign to continue. I shoved her against a wall and slammed my lips against hers, as I thrust into her in hard, fast strokes. I stopped kissing her and her head lolled to one side, jerking with each rapid thrust as I crashed into her. I wasted no time this time, and my hands roamed across her body, scratching, flicking, pulling, twisting and teasing her. She tried to reach me with her hands but the restraints kept her from moving, anchored to the wall as I pounded into her.

She seemed...much more susceptible to orgasming than last time; her body was already twisting and jolting. Her insides squeezing me tightly. I shivered as she clamped down on me, her body writhing in place - I was stuck in, and couldn’t move from the pressure.

“Do it…” She hissed into my ear. “I want to feel you throb inside of me, I want you. I Need you.” The tendrils rose out of her and caressed my back, sending waves of electricity down my spine. “NeEd yOu.” I smirked, an evil expression.

“Sorry. I told you, sex is for more than reproduction.That will have to wait, honey.” Whether it was Eteri demanding, or her unintended passenger - well. No, either way, it wasn’t happening. Her face twisted up for a moment, before going slack, and her body relaxed around me, her face falling forward. I let go of her wrists with my tendrils as the tentacles slid back inside of her.

“N-Nevin…” Eteri gingerly rubbed her eyes, breathing heavily as she sat herself up and against the wall. She felt a little...pained. “Did the sex again?” She asked. She definitely felt like they had but it was all a little hazy. Either way...she felt really satisfied. Eteri brushed it off with a jovial laugh. “Is warned you. Am Animalistic. Not control of self lots.”

She yawned and covered her mouth. “IS sleepy...can hold?” She reached up and out to Nevin. Only then did Eteri notice how intently he was watching her. She felt his eyes travel up her body and rest on her face. His eyes flashed crimson for a moment. I held my position, wondering why… was it because naked? He said he could see bonds. “What colour?” She asked, tilting her head to the side. “Is checking?” She let her hands fall back into her lap and offered him a sheepish grin. “Not listen? Said am feels.”

“Bright and crimson, honey.” He lifted her up into his arms and held her tightly. “And I need to learn your language, because I don’t think ‘feels’ conveys this properly.” He brushed a gentle kiss against her lips to reassure her.

She grumbled, <”I don’t know how to say it in Tradespeak….”> She fluffed up her ears flicking back against the side of her head. <”Nevin. I think I’m really…”> She paused as she stared at him. <”I think I’m really falling for you.”> She pressed her hand to his chest in hopes that he understood the gesture.

“My ches- no, that’s not it, is it. You mean my heart. And what does the heart feel?” Nevin frowned in thought for a moment before his gaze slid up to meet hers, his eyes widening. “Love? Is that ‘feels’?” There was a stunned note to his voice.

She just stared at him in confusion. Not understanding the words he meant. “Is ok.” She said as she pressed her head into his chest. “Is ok.”

No, no it really wasn’t. She definitely came across as confused, and for this - for this, I wanted us to be fully on the same page. You couldn’t just toss ‘love’ around, even if the other person didn’t speak your language well enough to understand. But how on Althanas could I convey it to her? I frowned above her head as she rested against my chest, her ear pressed against me and listening to the beat of my heart.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, don’t they? I might not have pictures, but I had something that could make pictures. I held up some threads, weaving them into the shape of a heart - not a real, true heart, but the stylized one that so many people used. I just hoped that she had seen it and knew what it meant.

“Eteri, feels?” My voice was soft as I brought the woven threads near her.

She looked up and her eyes widened. She glanced at me, then back at the heart then back at me then her cheeks went red and she nervously took a step back. Then another, then another. Her eyes darted to the closet and followed it up to the rafters as though she was planning on running and hiding up there.

“Eteri, please, stay.”

“YES! OKAY!” She shouted at me before turning to make a run for the ceiling.I reached out and caught her wrist before she could move, using my hand to do it and not a thread rope. I pulled her back to me and turned her around, so that she could see my face.

“It’s ok. I feels to.” I pressed my forehead against hers and closed my eyes. This tiny little thing had slipped inside my defenses with a formidable ease. I shivered, and let go, stepping back to sit on the bed. I understood if she needed to retreat and calm down - but I wanted her to know that well, she didn’t need to hide from me.

Instead of immedietely running she stared at my with wide eyed caution she disappeared into her side of the room...our room now? And returned wtih a handful of blankets that she sprawled out over the floor before curling herself up onto it. Silently watching me. I had to remember...she was still on heat…

After she finished her cycle…. If that was the correct thing to call it. I decided I’d need to pay a visit to Ezra. Then find Stare. Should have done that already, in both cases, but...

Thread Title: The type of thing that happens between two consenting adults
Judgment Type: No Judgment

Eteri receives 765 EXP and 90 GP

Nevin receives 1000 EXP and 90 GP

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All rewards added.