[ P ] love at first sight

OKSANA ABERSENTHE
FIERCE, BUT SMOL

All she could remember was the cold. How she had left a place of warmth, solitude and quiet to be brought into a place so chilled and loud. There was a lot that happened in the day, a bunch of different bodies passing from one place to another, but one thing that always remained the same was her mother. The scent was so familiar, the sound of her heartbeat, the smell of her perfumes—this was home. When orange eyes would flutter open she would be met with a gaze so brilliant she could never forget it. Now the small babe lay nestled in the warmth of her mother's fur, her cold nose dipped beneath the soft spot of Nora's arm. She didn't want to leave, and a single audit would flick at the sound of another familiar voice.

"Papa," her vocabulary was limited, though she knew the two words very well, and to whom they belonged. There she would be met with another familiar gaze of warm gold, and a smile.

She groaned, tired from her day of constant nestling against her mother and trying to find a comfortable place. She felt quite lazy, her dad would try and coax her to play, but she just didn't want to leave her mother's side.

code by claerie


@Nora

Nothing feels better than this

Nora had not gotten to experience this with her older daughters and so the loving moments spent with Oksana nestled against her were all the more cherished. She wouldn't trade this precious time for anything. She hoped that Hyacinth and Dahlia would not resent her or their sister for the attention spent on the young one but she just could not help it.

She was transfixed, in awe, simply put... in love.

Anteros had been right, they had a single girl, and she was happy with that. Oksana had been her name and Kai... well she dubbed that her lost son for she did not expect to have anymore children after this given her and Anteros' age. They were older parents this time around and there was nothing wrong with that but they'd be even older once Oksana was a yearling and probably unable to keep up with little ones anymore. A breathy sigh left her as Oksana snuggled deeper into her dark fur. She uttered a word, one she knew well, and she looked to Anteros with a smile. He was probably going to head out soon so she would take this time to enjoy his company and that of their snoozing daughter. Once he took off for work, she'd be alone with Oksana as the girls were out playing.

...

Nora nudged the dark furred pup gently, trying to rouse her so that she did not sleep all day and keep them up all night. "It's time to get up, little one." she crooned softly.

code & art by claerie