Commissioned from  Ouisch

Characters, writing, yadda yadda are mine.

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"Whatcha thinking about?", the words were murmued and quiet, only heard because of the proximity. His tail swept back and forth to try and clear the path of himself and his beloved, but it wasn't a perfect job, not really built for that sort of thing and so there was the consistent crunch of snow being packed together from the pressure of clawed foot-falls. Those wide hips brushed against him with each sachaying step but the upper half, that remained solidly pressed to him, as was the delicate snout that once more moved. "Whatchoo thinking about?"

The sound was a little louder, undeniably speech and each word fairly clear. Rico didn't immediately answer however, he kept one eye upon the path ahead of them and yet as much of his attention on her. Pfft they said he couldn't multi-task well. But upon the side with less Faeltar pressed to it he felt a pinch, then an incessant if feeble poking, "Tell meee~".

Hadn't even opened her eyes to pose these questions, just soaking up the heat and closeness without thinking about the fact that even on Valentines day the snow was falling thick and heavy, the bite of winter attempting to nibble her all over and not as nicely as Rico did. Her mind was trying to be less than a mile away, back home, on the couch and a gallon of hot chocolate that her boy would unquestionably go back and forth into the kitchen to provide her with the goodness.

The wind was calm, the powder had ceased flowing... one of those winter days when people actually came out of their homes for more than just essential supplies or alcohol... "Nothing."

A mistep marred the Faeltars neat and tidy set of foot-prints extending behind them. An eye finally popping open on that unexpected response. "Nuh-uh, not right. Correct answer is meee. You are thinking of, say it with me, Ma-Let-Tea. Yes?"

"Nope~", her head rose slightly, a beautifully pathetic and lazy growl coming from just behind the Faeltars sealed mouth, barely reaching beyond her throat. "I reject the idea that you can walk along this-", at which point she attempted to gesture down her body. But well, her hand was on Ricos side and so very warm... so there was just a bit of a torso shift. "-And not have it fill every single bit of your mind. After all I'm the one in the relationship that settled! Ha!... So you should be thinking of m-"

The next few words were completely muffled as he drew her into a kiss, flicky blue forked tongue hitting upon his own oral appendage and like the rest of her body attempted to leech heat and make it feel like summer instead of the tail-end of winter. Smile spread along her face in quick response, tail sifting itself to rest upon Ricos and taking her practiced steps to try and lean herself even closer against him. On parting Rico allowed her a few moments to regain her normal breathing pattern before making use of the suddenly very attentive Faeltar. "Right now, since we started walking, I tried not to have anything in my mind luv. Not a single thought. All I wanted was this moment and nothing to distract from it. Walking home, in the quiet, feeling your body against mine, how the beginning shivers and trembles were removed as you kept against me. That is all I wanted to know."

Several tilted nuzzles came the Fizlens way, Maleti attempting to regain her previous comfy position. That mane of chocolate brown sweeping against Ricos neck and shoulder as she settled down once more. "I love you Maleti Fieftee."

Her response was barely audible, such a sleepy little murmur and then a pleased little trill playing at the back of her mouth, but it was a perfectly understood reciprocation. He knew more was coming though and narrowed an eye upon his lover. Coming out of her almost like one talks in their sleep... fully expected. "S'after Chrimmus. Sanna hat looks silly."

"Until the snow ceases to fall I will continue wearing it, I set my foot down on this one.", there came such a cute little huff, a little puff of breath that spread around her snout as they stepped right through it. Had amused her a tad on first dating that when winter rolled around nothing actually came out of Ricos mouth, the breath too warm to cool so quickly. Several more steps before she showed signs of being awake as they walked, a little wiggle of that backside against his hip, her tail curling itself loosely around his own. "Someones getting lucky tonight~", came her little sing-song voice.

Rico did what he could to not shake her out of position as he laughed before planting a light pash upon the bridge of her snout, "If I feel up to it, you might yes."