In the Stone

She arches a brow and taps his nose " little evra, you do not need to do this but you may do whatever you like "
 
He chuckles right back, circling her so that the thickness of his serpent midsection lies atop hers, then begins another loop of the spiral with their tail tips, joining affectionately. "Ah, the fact that you still called me your little one means that I do... I do." He insists lovingly yet with a hard, self-confident glint in his eye that wasn't there at all as a pre-teen.
 
She laughs and her body twines with his and she smiles and kisses him softly, " You will always be my little one. That is what you are when I met you"
 
Even with Stheno's fondness the happy Evra still takes his princess's phrase as an assignment to change her esteem of him. He advises her that he's making a considerable journey so she wouldn't worry about the length of time even if she might have pangs of misgivings about his safety.

Two weeks later Evra returns bringing a mountain beast back to their village: a goat-like beast larger than a horse their hunting parties go for frequently, good eating but not a spectacular prize. Except no one else had captured any alive; you either fire at the crag dweller and collect the body after it tumbles down its cliff, or else it bounds away from shelf to shelf in the high mountains. Then from behind the first roped and hobbled animal steps a second, a billy meekly following its nanny. They're a feast that the naga village dwellers never get to taste fresh, only salted unless they're present with the hunting party itself; or these represent the first breeding pair of a herd. Evra simply ties the giant mammals and lets the princess's wisdom decide.
His skills and ingenuity either speaks for themselves or made him a further oddity for thinking up such a plan.
 
When he came back she was surprised. When asked what to do with them she nods that they should be used for breeding and to set a stable up for them. She would ask him how he had obtained them later but for now... she had missed his presence in her bed for two week, it had been a long time since she slept with out him
 
Evra bathed from his unusual journey and then joined her in bed. He matched their figures up, both lean and strong from daily training. His arms wrapped against her and he pressed her onto her back. "You know everything I feel about you; it's completely true. Let me finish courting you by pleasing you."
 
She looks into his eyes, her little one had gotten so bold.... She runs her hands over his glistening scales still wet from the shower and she kisses him softly " I would love that". Her tail wraps tight but not uncomfortable around him
 
Evra writhes enjoyably under Stheno's petting hands, helping them spiral. He turns their habit of chaste, friendly or simmering kisses to unrestrained and shifts each section of serpent, rubbing around hers.
 
She shivvers under his attentions and she runs her hands per his wide chest and deepens their kiss, tonight she would finally be mated
 
Stheno has been patient with him when as an older girl with all her prowess Evra was sure he didn't deserve to belong with her. Now tonight the confident suitor lets himself go, kissing and fondling every streak of skin and scale, loving her body and herself in a way that could never be mistaken for mere culture or warm friendship like the nude bedtimes they've enjoyed since their teens.
 
She mmms at his touches and her nails run down his spine as her body arches clearly aching for him, she had had her eye on him for a long long time and she would have been his mate regardless of a task or not
 
Stheno's intense nail lines urge him on; he sucks and slides his tongue back and forth across her nipples; he half-glides his body down and licks and readies her cloaca long after he's become everted.
 
She groans and smiles at him practically glowing and waiting for him to become one with her
 
And even in this, his love is so vibrant... he merges them together, anchoring, and then rolls with her until the two nagas can forget which way is up down or diagonal and every flex and every collision or bump drive them more into pleasure.
 
She gasps and moans and kisses at his neck and jaw and lips, her hands run over him caressing each muscle and scale and her body lights up with each touch and attention, " Evra..." she says quietly, it is the first time in a long time that she has said his name. She usually just calls him her little one
 
Evra quirks his lips affectionately at the rare use of his name instead of nickname. He thrills over each feel of her from bare hands to armor-like muscle. He has them together for an hour spiraling and balling; and before they tire he fills her with hips bucking, arms seized around her shoulders and her name cried out upon his lips.
 
She smiles and moans and when he fills her she returns the favor with a content sigh, her tail wraps tight around him and she kisses him, " I cannot wait to lay your eggs, you and I are one now"
 
Evra catches his breath, proud of his beautiful and fierce mate. "Fine princesses and princes," he agrees. Then his eyes widen with a start. He'd been thinking of the results of him being raised in position as the escort of the princess, but not considered that his bloodline would be more secure than any other in the city by producing offspring with royalty. Amazing.
And Stheno wants this too, he knows, not pairing for indulgence and leaving offspring far off in the future. "Do you think, this time was...?" he's reluctant to voice the mystery of these things, how some brides swear they can tell when they're kindled.
 
She looks at him and smiles, " lots of princes and princesses. And I do not know, this was my first time and my bloodline is quite fertile. I would not be shocked if I was with offspring" she smiles and strokes his cheek covering them in blankets
 
"I should say so," he agrees to all of it especially the unnecessary reminder that this was both of their first time. After she gets the blankets ready he coils up around her and wraps his arms securely around her chest, her back to his front. At least for this night he's being Stheno's masculine protector even with all her power.