#( FAUN U RUIN ME )

[ilbound]

@fallesto has requested a story : “You’re a game changer.” (Regulus)

a prompt i lost.

Almost a YEAR ⸺ It has been almost a year since the forced marriage the godling was ushered into.  In that time , Kaen has – time and again – looked back on that first moment of capture and asked themself : Could I have done anything to stop this , to save everyone else ?  Yet this g u i l t and g r i e f had begun to absolve into other feelings ( a sense of loyalty , perhaps , or a strained affection ) .  It all came and went like tides lapping upon the rocky , uncertain shores of their new life with Greed himself.  Kaen discovered that playing housewife was not t h a t terrible an affair.  And although Regulus made for a QUESTIONABLE HUSBAND at best ( condescending & capricious , demanding & duplicitous ) , Kaen would catch themself fingering the blood-forged ring upon their finger and s m i l e despite everything.  Perhaps , in a way , he d i d care.

After all , WHO ELSE had been willing to lay waste to creation to salvage them from self-ruin ?  And WHO ELSE had been willing to offer them the means to restore their godhood ( by force ) ?  No-one but Regulus.

Startled from o v e r t h i n k i n g at his presence , godling doe snaps to attention , expression preening into a brilliant smile ( sincere this time , seemingly happy to see him grace them with his presence ) .  But his words , curt as ever , yet oddly point , strike a chord in the faun , leaving them blinking at him in puzzlement.  What did that mean … ?

Quickly regaining their composure with a shake of antlered head , Kaen replies , ❝ Husband , y’flatter me , thank ye fer th’ compliment. ❞  Furred ears perk and flick , sapphire eyes sparkling with mirth , ❝ ‘S ‘bout time ye noticed , ❞ They tease lightly , not meaning anything by it , ❝ But if we’re still callin’ this marriage a game o’ love , Ah intend t’play fer keeps , jus’ so y’know !  Yer ‘eart ‘s gonna be mine jus’ as much as mine ‘s gonna be yers. ❞  That , a challenge as much as a promise.

[mamuttuth]

I really like to draw, but I suck at it.

Well, I came with an idea College AU where Izuku is a ram hybrid and Katsuki is a Albino Wolf hybrid.

There are some rough scratches WIP

In that universe Izuku and Katsuki were childhood friends and came together in elementary and middle school. But were in a different high schools.

Turns out they meet again in college *yay*.

When Izuku was 3yo his father get a job abroad and his mother decided to move in another area, sold their three bedroom house to two bedroom apartment for savings.

And that’s how they met Bakugos.

In the beginning Izuku and Katsuki were friends and play together all the time. But more they grew more there were pressure for Katsuki from his more carnivorous friends. Katsuki was a natural leader and made a pack unconsciously. And that pack of brats were like “Izuku can’t be part of us, he herbivores”

But Kutsuki liked Izuku and he made a decision that he would avoid Izuku for his safety. He told him that they can’t be friends anymore and he should avoid Katsuki and others altogether.

He secretly watched him and sometimes help him. When someone bullied Izuku, Katsuki was there to intervene. There was some comment like: “Don’t go near him, I don't want my pack to smell like a herbivore”

That’s help, and deep down Izuku knows that Katsuki protected him in oddly manner.

Long story short, Katsuki met Izuku again in their 3rd year in college, when he looked for library. Izuku was in a hallway near the library. But Katsuki saw another figure that obviously was not that good:

“Izuku stops in hallway to answer his buzzlig cellphone, probably friend chat was chatting about something. He stayed there long enough to get attention from boar-hybrid guy.

🐗“Hey, faun-boy, are you lost?” the guy was leaning in Izuku’s personal space.

💚“Uh?! Oh no, I’m fine thank you” like a good polite boy Izuku answered.

🐗“Well than, how about coffee?” the guy insisted.

💚“Eek, sorry but I headed to the library my exams come soon. But thank you” and again Izuku declined.

🐗“Oh, come on, just one coffee. But I don’t mind for something more” the guy eyed Izuku up and down and bite his lower lip.

💚“Like I said…” Izuku was about to say but was interrupted with low powerful voice.

🧡“Oi, get lost pork steak” ‘Katsuki, what he’s doing here’.

🐗“What the matter, Albino freak?” ‘That’s not good, what should I do’.

🧡“Deku, do you know him?” ‘His eyes so pretty’.

💚“No, we just met” Izuku couldn’t look away from him.

🧡“Than, get the hell out of my sight, pork steak” said Katsuki irritated.

🐗“See you around, faun-boy” a little hesitated but boar-hybrid leave them alone.”

And that’s how they start talking again.

Maybe there would be some drama with Uraraka, coz she is sheep-hybrid and in love with Izuku:

💚“Uraraka, I like you but like my friend. I’m sorry I can’t return your feelings.”

🎀“It’s him, isn’t it?”

💚“I-, ah, it’s complicated”

🎀“Yeah, I get it. But, he’s predator how can you love him?”

💚“I’m sorry, Uraraka”

Oh-oh, and confession part🧡💚:

🧡“She’s nice”

💚“Yeah, mom would love if we were dating”

🧡“And you aren’t?”

💚“No, I already love someone else”

🧡“Oh. Might tell me who they are”

💚“Um, no, no I can’t. It’s ruin everything”

🧡“How about 20 questions? If I guess right I will know. If not, you tell me anyway”

💚“…Okay”

🧡“Do I know them?”

💚“Yes”

🧡“Do they study with you?”

💚“No”

🧡“Do they from your high school?”

💚“No”

🧡“Middle school?”

💚“Yes”

🧡“Childhood friends?”

💚“Y-yes”

🧡“Is it herbivores friend?”

💚“N-no”

🧡“Are they pretty?” He smirking

💚“Y-yes”

🧡“And you like them?”

💚“Yes, but not because they are pretty”

🧡“Oh, so, you admire them?”

💚“Yes”

🧡“Hm, that’s bad, you admire most people”

💚“Kacchan!”

🧡“Okay-okay. Do you trust them?”

💚“With my life”

And another 10 more silly questions with obvious answers but I can’t came up with it yet.

🧡“So, I ask you 20 questions, u should tell me who they are”

💚“I-, I like you, Kacchan” blushing profusely

🧡“Nah, no way it was me all along” grinning from ear to ear

💚“I’m sorry, Kacchan” fidgeting with hem on shirt

🧡“To bad I like you too” reaching for Izukus hands

💚“You are?” tearing up

🧡“Yes, I love you, Izuku”

And happy ever after 🧡💚

I saw this story like webcomic, but it never happened.

[jolynelovemail-moved]

sorry for going absolutely ape shit on main everyones talking about my fiances callout post formally and shit but im like fuck you die mad (thisll be the last post about it i swear and if it not ill tag it with “drama tw”)

[nochiquinn]

exandria unlimited episode 1: bacon lips rob ships

mala: cr is over, time for new cr

THE NAMELESS ONES why is that such a cool title

oh I really like this twitch frame thing

ashley. ma'am. I'm already gay.

aimee's fun buns

Comfy Matt

omar is a terrible co-star

oh no omar found the treat pocket

oh just let him go lmao

oh what is THIS

what kind of HBO intro

(this is not a complaint)

who had air ashari on their bingo card

art!!

ANIMATED ART??

the keep!!

(is anyone still in the keep)

cries

mala: liam going straight back to his ex

bard? bard???

bard!!

oh ashley's out to kill me

a FAUN??

I've known Fearne Calloway for twenty seconds and if anything happened to her -

liam's chinhandsing is me

FIRE MONKEY

I can't believe fearne's familiar is a chimchar

DORF

mala: Ferne: uwu Little Mister: O{}O

I really like these character cards

matt: five aabria: thank you rnjesus for this gift

I have had Opal for twenty seconds

"he's been practicing"

Monkey and the Angry Man, coming this fall

"it's canon now"

[travis voice] we should animate this

"we don't have to do the sound" too late

we lost matt

I cannot remember the last time I had to do the finger-snap-instead-of-laughing but HERE WE ARE

oh he's a BITCH I love him

"I am WILDLY UNCOMFORTABLE but I like the attention"

ashley's dice confirm what I've been saying for a year

"going off the rails" "we didn't start on the rails, you're good"

matt SAID he was gonna be the chaos center of the group

psychonauts gman. "I am a gardener. I am gardening."

"none of you look rich" opal: you take that the FUCK back

opal is extremely committed to her aesthetic and I love her for that

posca quick hide in a trash can until they go away

couldn't she just. step over him.

"do you want to do crimes with me?"

"maybe a really cool hat" matt really is travis' avatar in this game

dariax is the meat man

"do you have TWO daggers?"

"highfalutin" marisha's influence rears its head

"she's right about everything she said about this city" liam

me: these new designs look familTHEY GOT THE DC GUY

"bitch have you seen the ocean??"

she's from byroden?!

imagine not having watched c1 and not having extreme emotional reactions to "air ashari" or "byroden"

can't relate, am in distress

"I'm not becoming a criminal, I am babysitting"

common and elvish!! half-elf??

oh no

"some things are just for the audience" thank u aabria

don't give him that kind of responsibility

red cape? kingsley's person???

opal joins the thieves' guild

this is gonna ruin the word "food" for me the way c2 ruined "up", isn't it

("nein" and "nine" were already ruined by the sasha nein livejournal years and years ago)

why did I think it was a good idea to eat frozen lemonade while I watch this, I just started laughing and my WHOLE jaw siezed up

wait I missed a bit, BLIGHTSTAR?? that's so fucking cool

BOAT DOOR

steal the ship, STEAL THE SHIP

"travis, that one's for you"

"the bottom goers"

hmmmm, oh no

oh boy I hate THAT

OH BOY I HATE THAT

I should not have done the leviathan dlc today, I am On Edge

liam and his boots

LIAM forgot about LUCK

liam: nine aabria: wrong campaign

oh it's salesa's ship aabria's face at "put it on"

matt has such a good poker face and thus far aabria has NONE in the best possible way

"the nicest thing that's been wiped on you all day"

POTACK

lmao liam

me: hm I wonder if I can check the tal'dorei campaign setting about this item tal'dorei campaign setting: is propping up my monitor

(I finally retrieved it, I'll suffer until I find something else)

time is a sandwich

chimchar vs scolipede

mala: Aabria: you guys could be intelligent The Players: absolutely not, get out of here with that shit

"I have disadvantage on stealth" not fearne, just ashley

aabria's face every time one of them tries to hold it brings me so much life

AABRIA IT IS ONE AM

I'm never safe

MINIS MINIS MINIS

I love all the more or less neutral/muted color minis and then PINK

ICE KNIFE

"alright, moses"

Evil Circlet Bjorn

he's blocking her whole calf

THREE

catch me getting dagger resin molds just to make opal's pearlescent daggers

nutshot hdywtdt

aww matt finally got a hdywtdt that he didn't have to give himself

(that sounds more pathetic than I meant for it to lmao)

the HISSERS

"matcha mochi" child calls me mochi bc she doesn't pronounce words

good all the time yet

"I am nimble like a dancer"

"I attack the knob"

"I need you to pick another number"

I just think it's really unfair of aabria to put a level two party up against such a high-level enemy like a door

"we did it, we tired her out!"

Scary Purse

oh sh

lmao liam memed on himself

knowing who She and Her Friends are makes those little bits of conversations really satisfying

oh shit she said she loves a stinger

oh SHIT

[strywoven-moved]

@lupusxdei​ asked : Without any hesitation, without thinking more than twice, Fenrir hugged Kaen, clenching their shoulders with his arms as he pressed their back against his chest. He had understood that he had used the wrong term in the sentences he had uttered a few minutes earlier, without pondering the proper words to say to them: he had no reason to hurt the feelings of the faun; after all, he felt admiration for them, as well as nurturing a certain sympathy.  ❝  I'm so sorry, Kaen, I didn't mean what I actually said. It's just that I'm not used to having someone around, inside the house and who loves my company. I'm a lone wolf after all.  ❞  He kissed their cheek before releasing them from his grip.  ❝  Forgive me.  ❞

          The faun is such a SMALL & DELICATE creature , it does not take much for the wolf to catch up to them , to envelope them in his embrace and pull them close.  What Kaen anticipates – the rend , the bite , the ANGER – does not come.  Instead they are greeted with something so entirely u n l i k e him ; so uncanny to his disposition that it startles them more than if he would have come forth with aggression ( gentle offerings are not easily taken ; this altar has been long-since ruined by cruelty , you see ) .  Violence was predictable to them , but kindness was not.  It made them falter in an already uneasy course ; it made them cower with uncharacteristic uncertainty.  If the tears had not come by now , they were assuredly set loose with such a well-meaning gesture.  Great , silent , weeping-rivers spilling down those cherub-round cheeks , making his kiss wet and salty.  In his hold , the wee godling t r e m b l e s , all those MISERABLE EMOTIONS pouring out of them , leaking from the seams.  No matter where their hands tried to plug the flooding cracks , another seemed to break and begin.

          Fenrir is SORRY , and Kaen is sorry as well , but they have no voice to say the words – to tell him they simply misconstrued his tone and what he had said— The line ‘tween sorrow and joy is blurry here , they can’t tell which one they feel anymore ( it is often hard to discern when such things lord over them constantly ) .  But make no mistake , they f o r g i v e him ; they would always f o r g i v e him.  Even as he pulls away , seeks to step back and give them room to recover , Kaen is quicker to spin ‘round and CLING TO HIM , small arms hooking about his waist and pressing their wet face into his torso.  It comes out muffled and messy , but they manage at least something for his troubles , “Ah- Ah forgive y-ye…” A quiet sniffle.  “Ah won’ e’er st-stay mad at ye…”  Grip on him is firm , as if they are more than afraid the wolf will leave them again.

[brattizen-blog]

R O L E P L A Y   C H A R A C T E R   S T A T S   S H E E T

Repost, replacing the old information with your muse’s information.

Pass it on to your mutuals for a better understanding of their muses.

Tagged by:  @strangewebs  ( thank u faun ilu!!! )

▍ FACE CLAIM:  Wes Bentley. ▍ NAME:  Balthazar Bartholomew Bratt ( the middle name is my personal headcanon! ). ▍ AGE:  43. ▍ GENDER:  Male ( he/him ). ▍ NATIONALITY:  American - born in Santa Monica, CA and used to live there as a child before he was shuffled off to Burbank. ▍ BIRTHDAY:   Unknown - presumably somewhere in July. ▍ SUN SIGN:  Probably either a Leo/Cancer. ▍ RESIDENCE:  In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean ( near the Bermuda Triangle - also owns a residence in Malibu, CA ). ▍ MARITAL STATUS:   Single - he has absolutely no tact for finding a partner ( and doesn’t want to ). ▍ ALIGNMENT:  General Neutral Evil with a slant towards Lawful Evil given his motivations. He does not really fit into one category from my point of view.

L I K E S

▍ DRINK: Mineral water, surprisingly. ▍ FOOD:  Honestly he hasn’t had a proper meal in years, so definitely like... mall food ( i.e. pretzels, pizza, etc. ). ▍ DAY OR NIGHT:  Night. ▍ SNACKS:  Fruit snacks, predominantly. He likes their fruity taste. ▍ SONG: Thunderstruck - AC/DC. ▍ QUOTE: “The neighbors are scary enough when they're not dead.” - George Romero ( surprisingly anticlimactic ) ▍ HISTORICAL CHARACTER: Prince / Michael Jackson ( yeah okay, but he doesn’t really have a thing for history anyway ). ▍ PET:  Does Clive ( his robot ) count? ▍ BOOK:  He’s an 80s kid, and was basically raised on television ( and was literally part of it ). ▍ COLOUR:  Purple and its neon variants. ▍ FLOWER / PLANT:  Venus Flytrap. ▍ SEXUALITY:  Asexual. ▍ ROMANTIC ORIENTATION:  Heteroromantic ( given his interactions with the Girl, this is to be expected. He thrives off of attention and acceptance. ).

L O O KS

▍ BODY TYPE:  Very tall, and very lanky. He works out consistently so he has some muscle definition on his legs, but not too much. ▍ EYE COLOUR:  Brown. ▍ HAIR COLOUR:  Black ( might actually be dyed, but he won’t ever tell! ). ▍ BODY REFERENCE:   1 .  2 .  3 .  4 . <- ( 1/2 are of his cartoon self, 3/4 are of his live-action fc )

Tagging: anyone who wants to do it totally can!

[catboyrightsdefender]

Saturn and enceladus? ✨

thank u for asking my dude 💙

saturn: what’s your aesthetic?

uhhh stacks of book everywhere, xix century art, hands full of ink/paint stains, scarves and beanies and mittens in the winter, marble statues, sheep roaming the mountains, napoleonic era military uniforms (big sexy army greatcoats aahhhhhh), white-ground lekythoi, a bed full of blankets, staying late in the library with coffee and books scattered on the table, ruins, swords and battleaxes and cool daggers, crying in museums, old absinthe bottles, fauns and centaurs, period clothing, singing at the top of your lungs when no one is there, playing music from studio ghibli movies on the guitar, that moment when you’re laughing so much that you either stop making any sound or start making ugly noises, walking around the old streets of brussels at night when you’re slightly tipsy and with friends and everything is just so good, the warmth and peace you feel when you lay against a horse, slow dancing with your favourite person in a drunken haze and neon lights, sledding and having snowball fights in the winter and barbecues with water gun fights in the summer, god i could go on for hours akjsdhfgggh

enceladus: who is your favorite person? what are they like?

i dont really have a favourite person right now, but my favourite person of all time was a greek and latin teacher i had in highschool who i loved and looked up to a lot. we had a lot of shared interests (i was hardcore into monty python, doctor who, lotr and sherlock holmes at the time) and he was like a crutch for me back then when my depression was at its worst. i felt like he could understand me better than no one ever did (well that part was probably just 16 yo me imagining stuff but eh). he was the funniest person i knew and he could sing so well...i miss him sometimes

[notagrimreaper]

I was tagged by @wander2theedge​. They’re great and I love them.

Rules: Answer 30 questions and tag 20 people! (I really don’t know that many people too well so rip)

Nicknames: Q, Robs (oh god the age of that thing makes me hurt), Quinn, E, Evan, RJ

Gender: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... currently male but really fucking uncertain atm

Star Sign: Cancer. Love that big ol’ sky crab

Time: 2.55 am. (I should learn how to sleep like a normal human being)

Birthday: July 15

Favourite Bands: In This Moment, Girugamesh, Diaura, Fall Out Boy, Faun and lots more

Favorite Solo Artists: Halsey, Mel Martinez, Nathan Sharp to name a few.

Song that is stuck in your head: that one audio post on here that’s just “u had a bad day” over and over and over.

Last Movie: Incredibles 2. I would do anything to protect Voyd she’s adorable

Last TV Show: ....uh.... Altered Carbon I think. I don’t watch tv series a lot

Why I Created This Blog: @all-hail-the-super-llama told me to

What Do You Post/Reblog: Anything I find interesting/pretty etc

Last Thing You Googled: “Piano”. I was arguing with a friend whether or not they count as string instruments.

Other Blogs: @ruinevan for my witchy shit

Why the URL?: It was my xbox live username for years. I think it still is, but maybe sans the ‘a’?

I Follow: 375

Followers: 124

Lucky Numbers: 5. Always has been since this weird game we played in first school.

Instruments: Piano, flute (very badly and a long while back now), guitar at grade 4 standard, violin (again badly. I had to learn to play with only one hand since my arm was broken the whole time we were learning it)

What Are You Wearing: black vest top and shorts as pjs, my headset and some weird socks with fruit on

Dream Job: I’m studying to be a psychologist of some form. Ideal end goal there but right now I’d dive for a job at Lush.

Last Book You Read: As Old as Time by Liz Braswell. It’s spectacular and part of Disney’s Twisted Tales.

Top 3 Universes: If we mean fictional universes from fandom? I suppose the worlds of RWBY, Skulduggery Pleasant (I adore that series and if you haven’t read it I strongly recommend it) and just recently Sanity Circus. In terms of the fictional worlds of my own imagination, I could talk for days about Ruined Earth (my post apocalypse superpower daydream), the village of Lakeside (FAERIES ARE MY JAM) and the unnamed world that’s basically modern Earth with some cool magic stuff.

[theypissedmeoffsohereigoagain]

Hello and thanks for tagging me @snowyshadow I'll just tag along on your post, hope ya don't mind~!

If this is not how these are done then Gods damn it all, I'm doing it like this anyways!

Nickname: I have several of those, for the convenience of english-speaking folk, let us turn Цеца into Cecily, shall we?

Height: last time I checked, around 165cm, still considered short where I'm from

Hogwarts house: Gryffindor, I hardly see those nowadays

Last thing I Googled: a grammar thing for my college entrance exam

Favourite musicians: I'll go with groups? Ish? Percival, FAUN, Queen? I think that's enough?

Song stuck in my head: Gusta mi magla, for right now

Following: unsure and lazy, pls forgive this potato for not checking

Followers: 75, I'm not real popular I'll tell u that, so thanks to everyone that bothers! 😁

Do I get asks: nah, I'm not even sure if I have those on, I'll check later

Amount of sleep: if i sleep, it's either 14h or 4h, no middle ground

Lucky number: too lucky for numbers, but my little sister got me a charm with 13 on it, so I guess it's gotta be that

Wearing: really wide beach pants and a dark green guy's shirt that's too big on me, but I'm pulling it off anyways

Dream job: waterslide tester/pirate ship captain/astronaut/real ass ghostbuster, I swear I finished highschool

Dream trip: around the world in 80 days, or like,,,, at least a ride in the Orient express

Instrument: I had a wooden flute some time ago, I was decent at it

Languages: English, Serbian, and three other languages in progress, I try 😢

Favourite songs: House of the Rising Sun, Bohemian rhapsody, High hopes, Brave New world, lovers on the sun, Gusta mi magla, Mountain of the Sun, Black smoke rising, Up in the air, you get it it's basically a lot of sun and a lot of miscellaneous

Random fact: every child who loved Greek mythology is NOT going to be straight when it grows up, including, but not limited to, myself

Aesthetic: seaside, red and blue lights, sword collections, thunderstorm, ruined books, bloody knuckles, snow covered branches, orange peels, strange roads

Tagging possibly interesting ppl @nondescriptfrenchfry @drpoohmc y'all are free to ignore me obvi, I don't wanna bother u 😁

Thanks again for tagging me @snowyshadow, 'twas fun~

Also sorry for hijacking ur post or whatever I did 😸

19 Questions Tag

Thank you so much for tagging me, @fessaoneirah 🌺

(btw you played on clarnet and in theatre! IT’S FUCKING AWESOME)

Nickname: The most part of my mates call me by my surname or its shortened version

Height: 158 m, howdy, i am dwarf

Hogwarts House: Gryffindor

Last Thing I googled: actio pro socio (i needed check smth asap and i forgot where i left my shitty code)

Favorite Musicians: oh man, there’s so freaking many. But i think i currently mostly into Dan Smith and Billie Eilish

Song Stuck In My Head: 365 by Zedd

Following: 838

Followers: 603

Do I Get Asks: Sometimes, i am always happy seeing them

Amount of Sleep: It depends. Sometimes i sleep 5 hours, sometimes 8.

Lucky Number: I don’t believe in them :D

Wearing: Black Addidas training pants and black hoddie. #thughlife

Dream Job: Opera singer/Spy. But looking at what i am studying i think i want to be prosecutor

Dream Trip: Japan, especially Kyoto.

Instrument: Not really, buuutttt i’ve learned singing since i was 5 yo kid and i am pretty good at it (or that’s what people say xd)

Languages: I know English, German and my native

Favorite Songs: It depends om my period of life xd currently i am into Togetsukyo Bridge English Cover by Katsura Satoshi, The Night We Met, Ignite, 365, Don’t call me up and Dead Gril Walking from Heathers

Random Fact: My feet are so small they almost don’t exist

Aesthetic: Fringe, fair blue mom jeans, turtlenecks, bloody hands and stormy eyes

I’ll tag @mak3believ3, @alsra-the-shitty-kid , @captain-tori, @give-me-the-queer, @alharrypotternerd, @theypissedmeoffsohereigoagain

[strywoven-moved]

@blccdflcwers asked : [COAT] - sender zips / buttons up receiver's coat for them.  ( Fenrir x Kaen )

𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅.

Unprompted is the way the great wolf prevents the faun from going any further , they’re confused , leaning ‘round his towering form to get a view of the door behind.  Hand lifts , points m e e k l y to their only exit , “Fenrir…”  They begin quietly , an uncertain expression falling ‘cross doe-like countenance , “Ah- Ah’ve gotta’ get goin’ fer th’ bus , otherwise Ah could be late fer work.”  And they can’t have that , now can they ?  They’ve spent YEARS building an almost-perfect rapport with their boss and coworkers ( & they were not about to allow another god-creature to ruin that streak , no sir— ) .

For a moment , they’re certain he’s finally lost the ongoing test with his resolve ; for a moment , they can feel the collecting stones of d r e a d begin to weigh heavier in their gut ( this might be it , they think , he might make a move ) .  But relieved are they when he reaches for them , r o u g h l y pulling them in by the collar of their knit-jacket with little preface other than the grumbled words of ‘ you’ll be cold going out like this ’ .  Quick work is made of the buttons adorning their coat , large digits making ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN the coat is both secure and comfortable ‘round their petite form.  How s t r a n g e it is to watch him mutter to himself and futz with their clothes as if they’re a child ( has he forgotten what they are ? ) .  They can only manage to stand there and watch , a haplessly e n d e a r e d look overcoming their features ( how flattering it was for an eoten to be so very overprotective of them that he worries himself silly over something so trivial & unimportant ) .

“Cold ?”  Kaen parrots , laughing at the prospect.  “Fenrir , Ah wun’ be cold.”  Own gloved hands lift to gingerly pluck his away from them , to help prevent them from further messing with their clothes to the point of seeing INVASIVE .  Fingers curl tight ‘round his hands , holding them hostage in a warm , tender grasp.  “Ah like these seasons th’ most , ‘s no bother ta’ me.  Ye dun’ gotta’ worry ‘bout it , Ah promise.”  They were born in the winter , after all , and these chilly climes made them the most comfortable , the most AT EASE .  He doesn’t seem swayed , and they can tell he’s refraining from picking apart their logic.  It’s no use , is it ?  They can’t reason with him on something like this.  Huffing to themself , Kaen shakes their head , lips twisting into a smile.  Leaning up on their toes , they make to lean near enough to press a thankful k i s s to his cheek ‘fore settling back to the ground.  “Ah ‘preciate th’ concern , though.”  Letting his hands go , tucking their own into the pockets of their coat , they carefully move ‘round him to get to the door.  They pause , looking back , “But , y’know , if Ah a m cold when Ah get back… Ye can warm me up yerself.”