This was a little thing in the back of my head while reading Long Shadows...please tell me what you think.
Hollyleaf x Breezepelt
Hollyleaf:
The muscles under his dark pelt ripple, and I am watching him. Unfortunetly, I'm not even sure that he knows I exist, but whatever. All I care about is him. His beauty. His grace. His amazing hypnotic influence on my heart.
His eyes sparkle in the moonlight. His pelt shimmers with starlight, and I catch my breath. Wow. I never stopped to really dwell on how well built his muscles are.
He catches my eye at the Gathering, and I am tempted to run over and press my muzzle into his soft fur. But I know I can't. I must remain loyal. But Breezepelt....he stalks my dreams. My thoughts are enlightened by his image. I want him. I need him. I love him.
Breezepelt:
As I look up, we make eye contact. Her eyes are a dazzling green, and in the moonlight they glow like emeralds. I am awestruck by the confidence in which she moves, the elegance in her sleek black pelt.
I know she feels the same way about me. She must. I've seen the way she looks at me out of the corner of her eye. I've seen the anguish as we are drawn seperate ways by our clans. I must have her! She is the wonder of my world, the bedazzling jewel in the sky.
But she probably doesn't even know I exist. I'm sure all those looks are just out of my head. I should just get over her.
What am I thinking? I love her! Hollyleaf, she's mine. I love her more than anything in the world.
The next Gathering....
I scan the crowds, looking for one face. My heart is sinking. He's not here? I scan the bushes one more time. Wait....a dark gray tail waves out of the bushes. Breezepelt!
I run over behind the bushes. Breezepelt. I love him more than I can express.
"Hollyleaf, I was wondering if you wanted to share this mouse with me." He pushes a mouse towards me. He is so sweet!
"Of course." I bend down next to him and take my first bite, his scent flooding my senses, overpowering the tantalizing scent of mouse. But what is more tantalizing than my Breezepelt?
I look up, surprised by our sudden closeness. His face is barely an inch from mine, and I can feel his warm breath raspy on my cheek. He licks my ear. Surprised by the sudden gesture, I stand up.
"Do you want me to catch you something in return? What do you want?" The words tumble out of my mouth, my brain going faster than my tongue.
He leaps up and stands next to me.
"What do you want?" I ask him. He presses his pelt against me. "You...." he moans sub-conciously. I smile inwardly.
"No, mousebrain, as in food." He blinks. "Hollyleaf, I love you."
My heart is on fire. My entire world has just been enlightened. "I love you too, Breezepelt."
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Breezepelt and I whirl around at the same time. It's Brambleclaw.