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He nodded alittle from the ground without opening his eyes, having shut them when he yawned. The cool ground felt amazing against his back where the bodies of the serpents writhed and wriggled. A small tremor ran across his body before he opened his eyes and looked over at her with a smile,

" I think now is time to sleep, but before we do."

Damion didn't have the issue she had with confidence, when he saw something he wanted it was easier to take it than wait for it to come to him. In that way he was selfish and somewhat greedy but at the moment it seemed he was more a mind reader, sitting up with a soft grunt before pulling her closer, so that they sat side by side and lent somewhat across as he leaned towards her. His head dipped down and moved in only to stop scant inches from her lips as a thought occured.

" This is alright....yes? I mean, I do no more but kiss?"

It was once again those test and response things, a probing move designed to increase data and give him things for later. As it was it already told him his confidence was not completely ready on such matters yet and that he was still learning. His body reacted much the same way as before though and the tempature around him began to rise slowly as he leaned alittle closer to her lips without waiting for a response. His heart beat hard and strong in his chest and that old familiar tightness constricted his sternum almost painfully. He could get used to all that.

That did suprise Damion, green eyes wide as he felt the first swip of her tongue before he relaxed into the kiss with a pleased sigh. His hands held him up as his eyes slid half shut and he pressed back against her. The second time her tongue swept across his lips his own went out to meet hers, his mouth opening up alittle to accomodate the motion and allow his tongue to tangle and dance with hers.

His breath came harsher, turning into soft huffs of air as their tongues seemingly fought for Dominance. He shifted his seating so that he was up higher than her and seeming to come down at her. His body and hers were now positioned so that her head was tilted completely back, the ominous figure of the elemental over her like a forbidding shadow. Everything else ceased to matter in the long moments their lips remained locked.

Even when they parted, he didn't feel tired, didn't feel the cold around him. All Damion felt was the shudder of his own breath and trembling beat of his heart in his chest.

He only got time for alittle air before she pulled him back, one hand lifting off the ground alittle to touch her back before he was forced to follow. He moved onto his hands and knees above her, back arched abit to accomodate her smaller size as animal instincts kicked in and all doubts and concerns were washed away in a torrent of black. His tongue tangled with hisers and threatened to bing it back into his mouth before pushing into hers, exploring her mouth with the intensity of a child with a new toy.

His eyes were still closed though and if she listened she could hear a soft growl rumbling out of his chest that was getting louder by the second. His body was making the decisions now without regard to his mind, that particular bit of him shut off from the rest. One hand was enough to support his body as he moved his left hand to her stomach, once again feeling the harder muscles there as he stroked his hand in a circle. His knees sat to just inside of her thighs, almost forcing themselves under her legs to angle them up. And they would have if his mind went that far ahead, but there was only one part at a time.

That part, that seperation, and he took in air to let out a bone rattling growl straight from the chest, upper lip curling away from his canine as his eyes opened halfway. His body shifted down closer to hers as he moved his hand, half laying on her with his knees still keeping his hips up, he drove back into her kiss with abandone. Her open invitation was taken as his tongue searched hers out without hesitation. As far as Damion was concerned higher brain functions might as well not have existed and after a long period of exploring her mouth and twining his tongue around hers, he broke the kiss to move further down. His teeth nipped gently at her neck and the portion of her jaw just behind the bone and below the jaw.

He had never really stopped growling although now they were coming inbetween long, slow breaths. It was enough for him to feel her beneath him and have that sense of dominance and he was lost. The hydra twisted his head alittle to perform similar nips and bites to the other side of her neck, ears pricked up to the sound of denial, of dismissal. He may have been a predator, but even the mighty bear knew that loud noise meant trouble.

Damion shifted down her neck to the curve just behind the hollow of her collar, that tendon that connected the neck and shoulder. His teeth grazed and pressed and finally clamped down as he arched his back more, hands shifting inwards to grip her hips tightly,thumbs on one side and fingers splayed over her a** and lower back due to their size.

That did it, the plaintive tone, the pleading nature to it that made him want to drive on further and yet told him that he'd best not. His dark haired head snapped away from her neck after releasing its hold and in the next few seconds Damion was sitting upright. His eyes darted all over her body, looking for signs of damage, looking for the place he had hurt her while higher brain functions warred with the beast within. He let go of her completely, hands too, and scooted away abit,

" I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

His voice came as quick, frantic breaths, as if each apology were the last he could give. They carried a slightly panicked tone as the realisation that he had actually hurt her settled in and the fear that she would leave him, or begin to hate him, welled up inside. It had just seemed the right thing to do! His instincts were usually never wrong! To his credit Damion did not cower away from her in his fear, but simply settled on all fours, somewhat lifted onto his toes and finger tips, to watch her. His face bore his feelings well and it was easy to tell he had not intentionally hurt her.

His body still sang with energy even like this, muscles twitching along his back and through his biceps. The war for his higher brain functions had turned for the better but his body was always a different matter entirely.

Instinct demanded he jerk away from her hand, his nerves screaming for him to retreat and reassess, and as she reached out for his face Damion very nearly did jump away. But when her skin touched his the elemental found himself leaning forward into her touch eagerly. Relief flooded through him with her calmer words and a smile found its way onto his face.

" I will give you all the time you need..."

And he would. He was a hunter after all, accustomed to waiting for days to get the perfect shot, and he knew this would be worth while. He squinted against the light though, blinding after so much darkness, and made a small whining sound in the back of his throat. The light was not his ally most of the time and despite having long gotten over his sensitivity to it it did still pain him at times.

" But I bet you aren't cold anymore."

A smirk and a wink followed the statement and Damion laughed softly as the rest of the world came back to him in increments. Goosebumps rippled up and down his skin in a tingling wave, the cold breeze that penetrated the tent overpowering his own enormous body heat.

That caught him by suprise and forced a laugh out of him, head tilting back alittle before he smiled and nodded.

" So could I....but I think you need your sleep."

Damion turned on his toe tips to grab the blanket he had brought out, turning back to her and whipping it around her shoulders so that she was wrapped up in it like a cloak. His smile did not diminish as time went on and after a moment he leaned forward to kiss her forehead gently.

" that being said, go to sleep."

The sentence felt unfinished to him. Like there was a piece missing that he had yet to discover, clinging to his tongue and teeth without revealing itself. He pondered it as he laid down, wondering what he could possibly have added to complete it. Her name? Perhaps, but that would make it seem more like an order. The elemental lay out where he had crouched and laced his fingers behind his head, laying just beside her with her face still in his view. He had so much to think about and analyze, he would undoubtedly be up all night!

Like why she brought such a warm feeling up in him. It had been many seasons since Damion had felt quite that way about someone and with so many things having happened between now and then those memories were distant ghosts. He had nothing to draw on or make a parallel to to describe how she made him feel.

That was better, infact. He looked down at her as she scooted closer and then against him, curling his arm around her body gently as he lay his head back down again and smiled.

" Goodnight Tilly."

His words came at a mumble as sleep threatened to overtake him like a speeding car. His mouth once again split into a yawn before it seemed he settled down, chest beginning to rise and fall in an even pattern as the gods of sleep overtook his brain.