He’d expected resistance—expected claws and teeth and fury—but this was something else entirely.
Thal didn’t fall. She fought gravity like it had insulted her, wings folding sharp and tight as she spun mid-air, tail cracking through the garden like a whip. Vesper went with her, caught in the snare of her leg, the momentum of his lunge turning treacherous as she twisted their bodies mid-roll. His back hit the flowers first. They exploded beneath him in a burst of soft white light—petals crushed and strewn like stardust across his fur as her weight slammed down. Scale and muscle coiled around him like the coil of a storm at sea, her chest pressed to his, breath hot through her fangs.
The tide jaguar snarled, but it wasn’t anger—it was thrill. Challenge. The burn of blood moving faster than thought. Stars pulsed under his skin, a galaxy in motion. His forepaws shifted against her shoulders, not shoving, not clawing—just bracing, as if to hold her there. To feel her, before stilling completely.
Chest rising. Heart pounding against hers. He lifted his head just slightly, feline jaw inches from the wicked line of her own. A low growl rippled up his throat—approval, dark and curling. Then came the whisper of a purr, so deep it thrummed through the ground beneath them.
She’d caught him. And he didn’t seem to mind.
Thal didn’t fall. She fought gravity like it had insulted her, wings folding sharp and tight as she spun mid-air, tail cracking through the garden like a whip. Vesper went with her, caught in the snare of her leg, the momentum of his lunge turning treacherous as she twisted their bodies mid-roll. His back hit the flowers first. They exploded beneath him in a burst of soft white light—petals crushed and strewn like stardust across his fur as her weight slammed down. Scale and muscle coiled around him like the coil of a storm at sea, her chest pressed to his, breath hot through her fangs.
The tide jaguar snarled, but it wasn’t anger—it was thrill. Challenge. The burn of blood moving faster than thought. Stars pulsed under his skin, a galaxy in motion. His forepaws shifted against her shoulders, not shoving, not clawing—just bracing, as if to hold her there. To feel her, before stilling completely.
Chest rising. Heart pounding against hers. He lifted his head just slightly, feline jaw inches from the wicked line of her own. A low growl rippled up his throat—approval, dark and curling. Then came the whisper of a purr, so deep it thrummed through the ground beneath them.
She’d caught him. And he didn’t seem to mind.
all these little things together don't build up to somethin' small
☆ has a pale star tattoo beneath his left eye, and freckle-sized constellations move across his skin
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
