#🐺 * 𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐇 & 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇⠀:⠀kept walking on the wildside⠀:⠀[ thestupidmeanone ]

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@thestupidmeanone asked: “  you  have  whipped  cream  on  your  top  lip.  here ,  let  me  just …  ” ((For Tanith or Charlie, whatever works for ya~)) ; ✰ ⸻ 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 ! ༄

It came from her homemade cup of hot chocolate. Whipped cream had been poured in a perfect circle, and her lips had been coated in the stuff that took up more than half of her mug. For a moment, she paused, surprised that he had taken the chance to wipe it clean off of his lips.

" ... you need to ask!" She chuckled with pink flushing her face, gently bumping his arm with her hand. "I like my hot chocolate with lots of whipped cream, and you need to ask for my can. The least you could do is kiss it off!"

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"Yeah ... that's what I hope for," she hummed to herself, still a little antsy. "I will say, though ... you ease my nerves a little."

The thought of it all seemed to weigh on her mind for a good minute before feeling a hand wrap gently around her waist, pulling her to face him again, closer to his chest this time. Oh ... she knew that smirk. That only meant one thing.

" ... you know I have to do something for you after this," she smirked, nuzzling him into his neck. "Say ... what do you want to do this time? I'll go all out ... if you tell me."

"Trust me, so do I," Church replied, giving Tanith a kiss on the cheek. "But, even if there's a couple bumps in the road, we'll make sure it's a fun time, alright?"

With a mischievous smirk, he wrapped his arms around her waist and spun her to face him, snuggled against his chest. "But we can worry about that later. I think you need a little distraction and relaxation, babe..." Wink wink.

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Shuffling her shoulders for a moment, they soon relaxed feeling his hands moving to rub across them gently. It was an idle motion, but it settled her thoughts for the time being. There were so many plans ... and yet, she couldn't bring herself to be comfortable with the thought of a wedding. The picture in her mind is ... quite big.

"I'll ... try not to," she managed to say, chuckling while slowly leaning against him again. "I gotta admit ... thinking about all of this is ... a lot. I just want it to be perfect, you know? And ... thinking about others attending ... I don't even know how many people we'd have at the wedding."

"Well... I haven't written anything down just yet," Church admitted, idly rubbing Tanith's shoulders. "But, the way I see it... just don't hide anything. Be honest and open and all that, you know what I mean? If there's any time to be that vulnerable with someone, it's wedding vows, right?"

Obviously, he had never been married before... but Church knew that honesty was important with people you cared about.

"Just... don't freak out too much, okay? I'm gonna love whatever you come up with, guaranteed."

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"Would it? I don't know ... " She paused for a second to think. As cute as it might be, she always thought that vows were serious business to share from the bottom of your heart. Though, being in a relationship now ... times had changed. Being cheesy was the new norm.

" ... I really am not the best with writing, even though it's ... part of my job. It's different I guess when it comes to ... sharing your true feelings. I just haven't done it before! I-I mean ... I don't wanna know them yet, but have you written yours? And ... could you tell me what you did to get into the mindset?"

Church simply chuckled; worked for him! "You seem to mostly respond by blushing and hugging me, so... y'know, keep up the good work, hun."

Maybe Tanith was just that soft and cozy, or maybe he was just touch-starved--or maybe both--but he had no problems at all with the physical affection.

"If it's not cheesy, you're not doing it right," he said matter-of-factly. "Or so I've been told. But, hey, if you're worried, maybe you can ask a friend for advice."

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"Nooo ... " She whined, slowly bringing her head a little bit closer to his shoulder. Little wiggles were noticeable in her form, rattle heard from near the bed. "It's just so nerve-wracking! But you spoil me so much ... and I don't know how to respond ... "

Tanith loved the attention despite her protests to not knowing how to reply. It was always something she truly did love for herself. To be spoiled and coddled like a baby ... it always made her fold.

" ... and I can't tell you what I'd write," she hummed, wrapping her arm around him. "You know it will be something so cheesy ... and I'm not the best at writing something heart-wrenching ... "

"So does that mean I should stop spoiling you?" Church asked, reaching up with one and to stroke her hair. "Because, uh, no can do, hun, sorry."

She was right, though--marriage was kind of a big deal, and he was more than a little nervous on top of the excitement of it all. Maybe he was just channeling that into fawning over her? Wouldn't surprise him.

As Tanith snuggled against him, he rested his head against hers. "I'm lookin' forward to hearing yours, personally..."

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A flick of her ear was followed by soft huffing to herself, pressing her lips together while attempting to hide her face. Even with confidence, the idea of being together forever in a marriage made her stumble on her own words. Though, with the kiss admittedly bringing the heat in her face down, she gave a little nod.

" ... you make me all nervous when you spoil me like this," she chuckled to herself, peeking from the hand pressing against her cheek. "Marriage is such ... a huge milestone!"

Though, she was beginning to fold, gently pushing herself into him as she returned her face to tuck into his neck, " ... I know on our wedding day, your vows will sound just like how you're speaking to me ... "

"Aw, why not?" Church teased, leaning in to press is forehead to hers and give Tanith's nose a quick kiss. "No shame in being excited about it, right?"

He might as well keep reminding her of it, if it'll make her blush. A reliable way to enhance that cuteness!

"Beautiful. Gorgeous. Sexy? Absolutely angelic?" He laughed. "I could go on."

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She had that way with people and being snarky was her best personality trait. It came and went at its best and worst times when it came to her talking to people. And with Church, it was at its highest. She loved to play with him; like a little kitten.

Until a pause. For a moment, she felt her face grow a little more warmer at that future. Their marriage ... wasn't that exciting?

" ... oh, now you can't get me all worked up about that!" She laughed, squeezing her eyes shut. "That's too easy! How ... would I look in a wedding dress, baby?"

Church was too busy snickering to argue further, though he did try to poke her forked tongue when she stuck it out at him. Honestly, the urge to do that every time Tanith flicked it was pretty strong.

He grinned, fiddling playfully with her hair. "And that's why we're getting married," he said with a sense of finality. "Because we're perfect for each other. And also because you'll look really good in a wedding dress."

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"Hmm ... I've seen tail socks before ... " She hummed, reaching to grab her phone for a moment. "There's ... uhm, I've seen these here--" Quickly, she handed her phone to him, showing the smaller snakes with hand-sewn outfits. "They're cute, aren't they? Maybe ... for our wedding day, I could knit one to fit my dress! Or our theme, whatever we pick. It'd be kind of cute if we have a reception!"

It was all exciting for planning this. Nerve-wracking, yes, but exciting for the future! It brought some ideas that she wanted to bring to the table. Shuffling a little, she tucked her head into his shoulder for a quiet cuddle ... just for some warmth.

" ... you think that we'll have a beautiful wedding?" She asked, mumbling to herself. "There's, uhm ... y'know the anxieties when you know of something that'll happen? I'm ... having that. It's just lots and ... lots of thoughts."

Ah, right, that was the only downside to the autumn idea: Tanith and cold weather were not good bedfellows, to say the least.

"I'm sure we can make it work for you," he replied. "Get you a nice little coat to go over the dress, maybe a... tail sock? Whatever you wanna call it. Something like that."

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"I'm not!" She whined jokingly, batting his shoulder. "The only thing I'm an expert in is home cooking!"

A pause. "You know ... an autumn theme would be very nice," she hummed, now thinking for a little longer on it. "It'd be perfect in the weather! Just a little bit on the cold side, but crispy, you know? It's got ... a nice crisp to it. I'll have to put something together to keep myself warm, though."

"Hey, you're the expert here!" Church laughed with her for a moment, before gently tapping his fingers on the table in thought.

"...ooooh, wait, y'know what? If you go for red, maybe we can make our wedding, I dunno... autumn themed? Schedule it for September or October, make it a whole thing?"

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"Pure white is terrible!" She protested with a laugh, covering her mouth with her hand. "I'd like cream, or ... have it accented with something!

" ... but yes, cream. Or something warmer. I've always looked better in red," she smirked, gesturing to her scales. "We could do a theme, you know! If we ever plan the wedding day .... "

Only when he was finally satisfied with his ridiculous cleaning job did Church sit back again so he could respond.

"Whaaaat, no way, you'd look great in white!" Don't listen to him, Tanith, he has no eye for fashion, he's just imagining you in a wedding dress. "But... I guess brown or cream would look pretty good too. I mean, obviously I'm super biased, but..."

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She grumbled a chuckle, slowly bringing her tongue to one side to lick off some of the foam. Though, he seemed to take his sweet time in licking off what was left on her lips with his clumsy kisses, and it only made her giggle even more. He really did find a way to make the moment silly, didn't he?

" ... you're terrible at this," she managed to muster between her giggles, bursting out with laughter with his clumsy lean forward. "And it's a bad mustache! White does not look good on me! You gotta admit that more brown or cream is better."

"Look, I'm just saying, it's a hell of a mustache," Church joked. Honestly, she should just be happy he managed to resist the urge to bust up laughing at the silly look of the foam on her face.

"But fine, I guess if you insist..." With a sigh of faux exasperation--and a grin he couldn't really hide--he leaned forward to, fairly clumsily, give her a kiss and try to scoop the foam up with his lips in the process.