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jet black sky before the rain; Wolfbane - Lepis - 11-03-2018 I had asked Wolfbane for a family and he had readily done his part to fulfill the request. We both had, really; it is startling how quickly my inhibitions had fallen away in the face of unquestioning acceptance. That is the part of love I hadn't expected, after all, the part that I had never experienced before, that I had never considered possible. The haze of passion still hasn't entirely faded, though the widening bulge of my barrel suggests that our efforts at starting a family have already come to fruition. For days I had denied it, twisting my head to the side, staring at my reflection in the still pool beside my cave in Loess to examine myself from every angle. Only when I was sure, without a doubt sure, would I share my news with Wolfbane. (The nausea had been the final clue, of course) Yet the day that I was to tell him was the day the dappled King of Sylva arrived, the day that the plague was unleashed on Beqanna, the day that the world shifted. The day was already full enough. And so was the night that followed, when I'd held my lower so tightly that there was no room in my for fear. Time has dragged on, and only now is there a moment of peace, when I might find him away from the others, from responsibilities. I stand in the snow, shivering slightly in the early evening wind, and turn to look behind me at the crunch of hoofsteps. @[Wolfbane] RE: jet black sky before the rain; Wolfbane - Wolfbane - 11-04-2018 My dreams have all come true Like all good nightmares do @[Lepis] RE: jet black sky before the rain; Wolfbane - Lepis - 11-05-2018 I can almost imagine how this world will look in the springtime. The flowers that sprouted at Noah's feet would cover the land around us with miles of color instead of these endless snowy fields. It will be beautiful, a lovely place to raise a child. It is not the stone spires, where I had planned to build a new hideaway where our child could be born in safety. It is not Loess, but as I turn to breathe in the familiar scent of the approaching stallion, I am reminded that it does not have to be. Bane is here, and that is enough. We will be a family no matter where we are. "Always." I tell him with a matching smile. The wing he places across me is cold, so I press nearer, hoping for less chill. I slide my own wing back so it rests, half-folded, across the rise of his back. The position is a familiar one, tucked close beside him, and I let go of a sigh that I had not really known I was holding. His declaration of love comes as a surprise. Not for it's content - we have made no secret of our feelings - but for it's fervor. I'm not certain what has spurned it, but it has given me a more lighthearted opening to the conversation for which we are past due. "That's good to know," I say into the stripes of his shoulder, where I resume my pastime of tracing the edges of his blue markings. "Especially since we'll need to split our affections soon." I wait for him to meet my gaze, where he'll find laughing blue grey eyes beneath a raised brow that dares him to ask more. Rather than give him the chance - to ask, or to worry - I add: "But we have a few more months before the baby comes. Maybe this -" a gesture to the world around us, this place that isn't home "- is our last hurrah before we settle down and become parents." @[Wolfbane] RE: jet black sky before the rain; Wolfbane - Wolfbane - 11-11-2018 My dreams have all come true Like all good nightmares do @[Lepis] |