*+:｡.｡ //I'M SORRY
THIS iS SO LATE!!
Battered her pretty lashes, she paints her face with rose-tinted bashfulness; a woman who hadn't expected a compliment so grand! "
You flatter me," she gasps lightly, short of fanning herself with her tail to dispel her sudden timidness. Truthfully, it was! Willowburn was not a cat who's opinions could easily be taken lightly. He was as perfect a vision of conventional masculine attractiveness as one could get. With broad shoulders shimmering beneath swirling umber stripes that ribbon thick, well-maintained fur; piercing amber eyes like that of a cunning fox's with a devilish smirk so fittingly to pair - he was undeniably a heartthrob. A twinge of resentment pierced her like a sudden thorn upon her paw, but she shook it off as easily as taking another new step. Yes, it was easy to feel envy over one who not only had the good looks and charisma but the strength she so desperately craved to boot...but letting that irritation overcome her would only add grey hairs to her flawless coat.
In the meantime, she allowed herself, as she usually did, to be swept away by his charm. It wasn't a difficult feat. With the moonlight turning his handsome fur into a glowing mirage, adding a wolfish gleam to his handsome yellow eyes, he was a creature to be awed. She fights the urge to snort at his rather graphic imagery of losing one's throat to the unknown dangers. She might've even laughed as the image of contending with something that could tear out her jugular only made a shiver of longing for the thrill to run up her spine, but she felt closest to the urge to roll her eyes.
Way to threaten the sweet moment she thinks, wondering with a suppressed playfulness if he knew how to play the part of a casanova or if he lived through rumors alone. Either way, the game had begun, and Duckshimmer refused to lose.
Downcasting her eyes, she meows, "
No. Our home is not the most hospitable by any means..." For a heart's beat, she hesitates, before finally lifting her periwinkle blue eyes to meet his, "
but I feel no such fear when you're by my side, Willowburn" There's almost a lilt of a question behind the statement, as though she's caught by surprise from her admission. A smile finally blooms petal-soft over her maw as, sincerely, she adds, "
Shadowclan is blessed to have you, amongst its ranks"
Just as I'm
lucky to have you to myself went unsaid, but glowed as vividly as the moonlight caught in her adoring blue eyes.
Starclan, toms always drank up those sorts of lines.
Duckshimmer has to fight the urge to pout when her sudden brush up against him doesn't elicit any favorable reaction. She supposes that isn't too surprising. As 'elegant' as she is in his eyes, she can't possibly be the first molly to try and surprise him with a boundary breach. "
My, a tom who sports a coat as breathtaking as yours has no business talking so lowly about it" Duckshimmer would giggle, before playfully pressing a little closer against him, "
but I'll take you up on that offer" And warm he certainly was, his thick fur tangling with her own, feathery soft thanks to his maintenance. She thinks suddenly of Chilledstar then. How they spoke of that special heat from a loved one's fur that's all the cozier to appreciate when the world around is at its chilliest. For a brief moment, the prize at the end of this little game of Duckshimmer's blurs. She...presses even a little closer to Willowburn - not as noticeably as the first and second time, no, for curiosity like this one is born a little more timid.
Yeah...Willowburn was warm to the touch.
The thought is but a simple fact, but it carries with it a sudden punch she can't entirely put into words.
Either way, she blinks and quickly refocuses.
Or rather, the sudden lift of his plush tail drags her attention away from his soft flank. She follows the gesture, trailing her azure eyes to the broken fragment of sky amidst the spruces' canopy. Following in step with him, she easily slows down just as he does. With the end of their walk, so too concludes the rhythmic sway of paw over paw, resulting in Duckshimmer's lean against Willowburn becoming more prominent. She lets her eyes grow ever so slightly wider as she glances up at him, seeking out his reaction - as though fearing he might seize the opportunity to pull away. She hopes he doesn't. It would mean she wasn't doing a good enough job.
"
I agree...I see nothing more lovelier" she meows, her voice as soft as Starclan's glow, although eyes never leave his face.
A pleasant thought?
She thinks about it for a moment, turning her nose and following its point to peek up at the splatter of white upon the inky depths of night's endless curtain. "
It is..." She speaks with a softness that feels the most removed from her. In truth, she has no opinion. Up there, her father, mother, and brothers reside. She doubts that their eyes are among those curious enough to look down. They never quite did in life, after all. She lacks any bitterness over such a callous statement, however, for she would most likely pay them little heed herself were she dead in their place.
"
I'd be glad to know they're warm" she says next, and this is true. Her family were not enemies, but neither were they close back when they still breathed the same air. Pressing now against Willowburn, she could imagine they all at least shared in that solitary
cold. In death, she hoped they lost that silly pride that kept them untangled from each other's pelts.
Looking back at Willowburn, a true curiosity would sparkle in her eyes then. "
I haven't lost many close to me; I can't say I have eyes worth searching for amongst the stars...but you, Willowburn? Do you have a comrade up there you wish well?" she asks, voices fragile with the invitation to deny her an answer. But she's deeply curious about it. What sort of cat did a tom like Willowburn grieve for?
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GENERAL:
⚜ Duckshimmer
⚜ DFAB— She/Her — Bisexual
⚜ 30 moons — Ages 1 moon every month real-time
⚜ Mother to Singepaw, Swallowpaw and Sneezepaw
⚜ Shadowclan — Warrior
COMBAT:
⚜Physically hard | mentally hard
⚜ Attack in bold #ffa98f
injuries: None currently
