the otter and his wife

[Wolfie]

Catori laughed when she splashed him , stood up, and leapt into the water with her. He surfaced, blew water off his whiskers happily, and kept laughing. He hadn't had this much fun in a long time, and he hadn't laughed so much in over a year, but he was in pure bliss right then and never wanted the moment to end.

[carabadgermum]

Lalena swam circles around him and then zipped a ways up stream. She surfaced for a moment to look back and see if he was following. She was in her element. In the water it didn't matter how much she weighed.

[Wolfie]

Catori smiled happily while he watched her swim in circles around him and followed her quickly as she swam upstream. He surfaced behind her happily and blew water from his whiskers. He loved swimming, like almost all otters, but he especially loved swimming with his wife. They always had fun together and he loved being around her.

[carabadgermum]

He would catch up and she would dash away from him again so he would chase her. She was enjoying the game but then she just wanted to be held by him again so she stopped in a still pool and waited.

[Wolfie]

Catori kept chasing her whenever she'd swim away. He loved this game. He quickly caught up to her again in the still pool and hugged her close to him lovingly. He'd missed her so much the first few months he'd been gone which was before he was made to forget everything he used to know from some cruel trick used by the vermin that had tortured him relentlessly.

[carabadgermum]

Laney looked closely at her husband. He'd been through so much. She wished she could take it all away. The paint on his face and his chest had begun to wash away from their swim but she could still see the outline of the paw print on his chest. She wasn't sure what it meant but she knew he would tell her if and when he was ready. Whatever it was, he didn't need it now. Right now he was only her husband and nothing else. She scooped a pawful of water and rubbed it on the spot. When it was clean she kissed the spot where the paw print had been claiming it as her own.
She continued on like this with the paint on his face, cleansing him of the prior claim the vermin had had on him and recalling him to herself. She left the three green dots across his muzzle that were the symbol of their family but she touched them tenderly. And then she looked again at the scar over his eye. She stood on tip-paw and kissed the scar as a mother would kiss away a child's hurt. "I'm afraid I can't wash this one away, love."

[Wolfie]

Catori watched her as she started washing away the paint he had on different parts of him and kissing them as if reclaiming him for herself. This thought caused a tender smile to grow on his lips. When she kissed his scar, he nuzzled her neck. No one can wash that scar away, Love. It's a permanant reminder of the vow I made to myself when I escaped... He forced himself to stop there and to stop thinking about it. Thinking about it always made him feral, and the last thing he wanted was for her to see him like that or for her to be hurt by his paw. He looked away from her in order to hide his red tinged eyes. He didn't want them to scare her. He was battling with himself about whether to tell her or not. Would she hate him for what he'd become or would she try to help him?

[carabadgermum]

Lalena put her paws on either side of his face and forced him to look at her. She couldn't hide the shiver that passed through her at what she saw in her eyes. Then she immediately chided herself for showing this weakness when he needed her to be strong. She didn't scream and she didn't run away. She looked him strait in the eyes and said sternly, "Catori, I love you and I always will, no matter what." She realized her speech was starting to sound like his about her eating habits. She smiled, "We'll work through this together. I'm not going to loose you again."

[Wolfie]

Catori smiled weakly and held her close to him lovingly. I love you too, Lalena. I don't know what I'd ever do without you. I don't know what I eve did to deserve you. I'm never leaving you again, Laney. Never. I promise.

[carabadgermum]

Laney was so overcome with love and desire that she didn't trust herself to speak. She gave him one last hug and then pulled away. She took one of his paws in hers and started lead him out of the water. "Come," she managed to gasp out, huskily.

[Wolfie]

Catori's nodded shakily, his paw trembling in hers with a combination of excitement and restraint. He took a step forward to show without words that he would follow to wherever she led him.

[carabadgermum]

She led him to a small secluded cave. It's entrance was hidden by a curtain of vines. "Catori," she began having found her voice again. "You are my husband and . . . I am your wife and . . . Oh I've missed you so much." She ran into his arms.

[Wolfie]

Catori swept her into his arms lovingly and placed loving kisses on her face. I've missed you too, Laney. I've missed you more than anyone could ever know. He nuzzled and nipped her neck lovingly.

[carabadgermum]

[Aalai]

( ..OMG CARA!!*laughs while rolling on the floor*)