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[flamekthunder]

[He can't help but smile as he brushes his fingertips against her face, brushing back some of her hair.]

I can't say I don't like it, either. Being able to relax... It's not something I was able to do much until I came here.

[And then a fonder smaller...]

Until I met you.

[...that's broken by a small laugh.]

Though not at first.

[starshower]

Hm?

[She tilts her head, and leans into his touch.]

Well, it did take some convincing at first, didn't it? A lot of things did.

[flamekthunder]

[He just shakes his head and looks at her before booping her cheek.]

I meant you. Rather than helping me relax, I was always caught up in something troublesome because of you...

[starshower]

Me?

[She scrunches her nose at him at the poke, but her eyes only spark bright with affection.]

Name one time!

[flamekthunder]

That giant drink in Camelot.

[starshower]

[ ... ]

Okay, well you got me there.

[She dips her face away a moment, burying it against his chest and pressing a kiss there before she's moving back into place again.]

Except you still agreed to a date with me in the end.

[flamekthunder]

I should also mention the strippers.

[starshower]

[Her laughter rings through the whole room at that, and she slides both hands up now to caress his cheeks.]

You know, I think that might have been one of the times I realized I was... um... [Oh boy, her cheeks go red, and there's a few red bubbles that drift through the air above her.]...attracted. Physically.

[flamekthunder]

[Just a high arch of the brow.]

How?

[starshower]

[He will no doubt feel her whole body start to heat, especially her face as it presses into his chest.]

What do you mean, how? How else, silly...

[This really shouldn't be so embarrassing to talk about, given their current placement and all the things that led up to this, but...]

Gotta admit... you made a pretty good "Ice King."

[flamekthunder]

[He just stares at her for a moment before there is a low hum.]

Is that how it is... So you were already into that type.

[starshower]

Could be... Or maybe that's when I realized I was.

[She draws a shy circle over his chest, not quite meeting his gaze.]

... Maybe you should do it again sometime. Only just for me, though.

[flamekthunder]

Including the whip?

[starshower]

[She didn't think it was possible to flush any further, and she clears her throat gently.]

I-I'm sure we could improvise, maybe...?

[Is that a yes or no? Up for interpretation.]

[flamekthunder]

[Uh huh.]

What else?

[As his face nears her, she'll feel something sliding around her legs, leathery vines that start to curl at her feet before twisting up her calves.]

Tie you up?

[starshower]

[The feel of the vines on her legs startles her, and he'll hear her gasp before she's swallowing. Hard. But she doesn't fight them, and instead, she'll just try to meet his gaze, more red bubbles filling the room even as she stumbles over her words.]

I-is that what the Ice King would do?

[flamekthunder]

[And he will make sure her gaze is held as he gently but firmly holds her chin, tilting it up with a smirk.]

To keep his little rabbit from running away.

[starshower]

[Her breathing is already starting to quicken, heart racing as the heat begins to rise in her all over again. Quite the turn of events... and a surprising one, to say the least, but who is she to stop him?]

You don't have to worry about that. Not anymore.

[Her lips turn upward into a coy smile.]

... Think the little rabbit is loyal now.

[flamekthunder]

Hm... I don't know about that.

[His thumb slowly runs over her lower lip.]

She seems to like running.

[By now the vines are up at her thighs, and one slides against her skin in that space between her legs, right over her center.]

[starshower]

[His name falls out of her on a breathless whisper, her eyes slamming shut to stem that shudder that threatens to take hold when that vine passes right through the space between her thighs, surprising her, and when she opens them again, it's with a touch of exasperation mixed with playfulness and fiery desire.]

The rabbit only ran the one time...

[In the moments leading up to this, but he ran, too? Snuck away from her and came here all on his own!?]

But she might like it here now with her bold, brave wolf.

[flamekthunder]

She's also a sly one... So can't be too careful.

[Just a smirk as it's his hand that will now be teasing her at her chest, pushing her more onto her back.]

Unless...she really doesn't want to continue.

[starshower]

Mm, I guess...

[She falls onto her back, hair spilling out beneath her, her eyes growing dark with a newly stoked flame.]

Just a few extra precautions?

[Her body arches up for him, her head lifting from the pillow to seek a kiss that would seal her fate.]

[flamekthunder]

[There's a little more fondness in his eyes as he looks down at her before there's a small, quiet laugh.]

Hm... Might be more than just a "few."

[He leans in closer, just enough for their lips to brush against each other.]

You're never leaving my sight again.

[And before she cam respond, he will capture her lips and pull her into that deep, passionate kiss she's been wanting, those vines now wrapping around her arms and wrists to truly keep her bound.]

✨ another timeskip to orphanage ✨

[starshower]

[That fondness in his eyes and the soft sound of his laugh make her heart skip a beat and then some, her love for him only growing in the moment.]

Like I'd want to.

[It's said quietly against his lips before he seizes hers again. And sure, it's playful and passionate, every move they both make after that driven by lust as the vines wrap around her and pin her down for him, but there is something loving in the way she watches him and kisses him and says his name. Reverent. A flame that, even after all this time, has never once died out or even so much as flickered.

Her Ice King. Her brave, bold wolf. Her everything that she is willing to give herself up to so that they may show each other again and again the things they feel for each other.

She wishes that she could stay wrapped up like this for longer. That they didn't have to return to their lives back in Reverein for just a little while longer. They have a couple of nights up here, but honestly... as she lies here basking in this heat that they share between them, she wishes that they could just escape. Take a week or two and pretend that they are the only two people in this world, far away from their problems, from their day to day lives.

This is but a glimpse of what she wants, but she'll take it regardless.

It's a good thing too, because they never once leave the confines of their room or the pool for the remainder of their first day and night there. Room service is brought in, and they share their dinner in bed before going out to the pools again, and then he keeps her up well into the night, making good on that promise to never let her out of his sights.

Something that she will gladly oblige.

And she can't remember the last time she's slept this well since those nightmares had swept in after Orkili.

Guess the orphanage visit would have to wait until morning, and it does. After grabbing some coffees, off they go, Tifa walking just a bit crooked from the very long night before but looking as refreshed as ever in spite of that, as they make their way down from the resort to the other side of the town. She's given Eustace the bag of canned goods to carry while she balances a bag of stuffed animals and toys on each shoulder.

As they come up to the doors, she stops to look up at it.]

Looks a lot better than it did the last time we were here.

[flamekthunder]

[He was a little bit concerned about her condition... Feeling somewhat guilty since he was the cause of it. He also wondered if it wouldn't be better to wait another day, but Tifa was insistent.

So he takes the heavier bags and makes sure to walk at her pace as they head down to the orphanage.]

They were really stressed back then, weren't they. Probably helps a lot of those young dragons have grown by now.