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Short 2 - Gender Bender
He was swimming again. For a diurnal creature he was up swimming at very late hours. She didn't care though, she could watch for eternity and never tire of it. Accepting that she had such feelings had been a large personal hurdle, one she had eventually overcome. Accepting these feelings were for him. Well, still a hurdle, just not as large a one.
They were just so different. Was it at all possible he felt the same? Would he accept and return? Or deny and reject? Or, and heaven forbid, somehow get either of them transferred far away? She didn't think it would go that far, he was a civilian, and a fairly mellow one at that.
She remembered the silky sleekness of his fur, and had many dreams of his arms wrapped around her, his strong jawline resting on her shoulder ...
"Madame?" A familiar voice asked from behind her.
She whirled around with a furious visage and glared at the three heads looking at her from the fish bowl entrance. "Ladies!" She barked. "What are you doing breaking curfew?! Back to bed, all of you!"
"Aye Skipper!" They saluted and vanished back down into HQ. She turned her gaze to the swimming otter one more time.
"Goodnight Marl."