05-20-2017, 09:00 PM
kharon
Continue, please, he heard her plead in her thoughts. And he did, he continued. He swept his lips so slowly across her, further down her neck. He could nearly taste her scent. Her request thrilled him, zipped and tingled down his spine and threatened to steal his breath. The knot twisting in his gut still told him this was wrong somehow, but that fear also added to the adrenaline spiking his pulse.
She promised she wasn't afraid, and he felt a pang of guilt that he was. He was afraid. What if they were caught? He couldn't throw himself in this as fearlessly as she could. Maybe it was because he was her brother, meant to take care of her and protect her. He was meant to know what was right and wrong for her, and here, with this, he wasn't sure what that was. He needed to always be sure. For her sake.
He swallowed and retreated, pulling his wings back to his sides and masking his uncertainty with a smile. A smile she didn't see because her eyes were still closed. His head dipped and he threw water at her with a laugh, waking her from her quiet state. She looked at him blankly at first, then broke out in a smile too.
"You'll regret that," she warned him, dipping her nose to send a splash back at him. He turned his head to avoid most of it, feeling the cool water drench his shoulder. His next toss got swallowed by hers as she lifted herself from the pond, crashing back down with a big wave. It soaked his wing through and through, and washed over his back. She was met with a wicked grin next just before he dove underwater and clipped his teeth at her back leg.
He went further, diving under her belly and lifting to try and knock her off balance and down into the water. Then without looking, he pushed to the shore and climbed out, shaking out his coat and feathers before grinning over his shoulder at her. "Think you can catch me?" he challenged. The ground was slick from the rain, so he'd have to be careful under the extra weight of his damp wings, but he thought maybe he could outrun her at least for a little bit.
She promised she wasn't afraid, and he felt a pang of guilt that he was. He was afraid. What if they were caught? He couldn't throw himself in this as fearlessly as she could. Maybe it was because he was her brother, meant to take care of her and protect her. He was meant to know what was right and wrong for her, and here, with this, he wasn't sure what that was. He needed to always be sure. For her sake.
He swallowed and retreated, pulling his wings back to his sides and masking his uncertainty with a smile. A smile she didn't see because her eyes were still closed. His head dipped and he threw water at her with a laugh, waking her from her quiet state. She looked at him blankly at first, then broke out in a smile too.
"You'll regret that," she warned him, dipping her nose to send a splash back at him. He turned his head to avoid most of it, feeling the cool water drench his shoulder. His next toss got swallowed by hers as she lifted herself from the pond, crashing back down with a big wave. It soaked his wing through and through, and washed over his back. She was met with a wicked grin next just before he dove underwater and clipped his teeth at her back leg.
He went further, diving under her belly and lifting to try and knock her off balance and down into the water. Then without looking, he pushed to the shore and climbed out, shaking out his coat and feathers before grinning over his shoulder at her. "Think you can catch me?" he challenged. The ground was slick from the rain, so he'd have to be careful under the extra weight of his damp wings, but he thought maybe he could outrun her at least for a little bit.