Despite her whining, the sevenday without her mate didn’t drag. Gwillanth was almost surprised when the day came around again, forcing herself to wait patiently through the morning, until --
Hellooooo, my love! came the blue’s vibrant voice, and in the Hatching Cavern Gwillanth bugled loud and low, mental voice wordless and welcoming and so, so happy. Pertemarth had to divest himself of rider and luggage and make his way through the tunnels to the Cavern but he was there as soon as he could. Gwillanth forsook her clutchguarding for a few minutes and sat on her haunches by the entrance, waiting...
I feel as if I’ve been gone a thousand turns, my love, now tell -- he began, breaking into laughter as the gold snaked her head low and under his wing, twining around his neck and pulling him bodily up against her, all while humming joyously. Sorry, Perte, I missed you, she explained.
Mmm, don’t apologize, he replied, pressing his snout to her cheek then reaching to hook his headknob in hers. An almost painfully intense moment of connection pinged between them, a resonance that only broke and blossomed when Gwillanth shifted away, the connection dispersing into a wash of tenderness, love, desire. She nudged him to lay beside her and she settled down, forelimb hovering possessively over the supine blue’s narrow chest.
Gwillanth had little new things to report so the whispers turned quickly to Pertemarth’s visit home, adding all the little details he knew his mate would chuckle at; a few hours’ conversation became Pertemarth staying over in the Cavern through the night, both dragons tangled up together like a pile of kittens.
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Does Gwillanth’s wait figure into your thoughts and words, or do you ignore or forget the issue? How do you respond to your mother’s change in focus as she reunites with her mate? Does their conversation intrigue you or do you turn away -- are the details of the outside tantalizing or boring? What about the feelings Perte and Gwill share? The week before, Gwillanth expressed that she felt a certain way about her relationship with Blue Pertemarth -- how has this reunion contextualized those feelings?