Its not what it looks like

Neil opened his mouth in short laugh as she agreed that he stunk. She explained that she believed everyone stank after the full moon, which left him to lean his nose a little closer to her, as if he was smelling her, “I think you smell wonderfully,” he complimented her. He didn’t care if she had taken a bath or not, she smelled so wonderfully.
He shook his head gently against hers as she said she was sorry, “We got through it,” he said gently, relieved that things had gotten so smoothly. “I gotta say your alpha is quite good at not getting aggressive, and the other one,” he frowned a little, taking a deeper breath in, “She got some powers I honestly don’t want to mess around with,” he said, even though he knew she had already messed with him.

Once again, he reciprocated the short kiss, feeling how she pulled away. They had to move on to the next page. Bath. He smiled lovingly back at her as she needed a moment and went inside. His eyes followed her and finally saw the deer. He licked his lips and looked down at his feet. He should really just be locked up at full moons so she couldn’t hurt anyone. Gosh, even those three fairies…
She came back with a soap and a towel, making him look up at her with a, once again, loving smile. He just had to stay away from people who he could end up hurting, though… That also meant Rose. He was in constant conflict about whether or not this was a good idea or not. With her hand in his it was like the thoughts was pushed away. He simply wanted to snuggle up next to her and forget everything around them.

They got to the stream and for a moment he just starred at how the water ran so freely. He then turned towards her with a hand asking for the soap and would afterwards let the blanket fall off him and crawl down into the water. It was cold, but it felt nice against the skinny body. He started washing himself with his side to Rose. Eventually he looked up at her. “You got a little…” he pointed on his face, about where his  forehead had touched hers and where his nose had touched her face. He made a gesturing movement to make her join. There was a bigger rock she could sit on so she wouldn’t get too wet.

She touched one of the spots which were dirty as he mentioned it. He kept a wide smile on his lips and while his hands ran over his body to scrub the dirt off, his eyes kept looking at Rose. He adored everything about her, even the things she could be insecure about. How her thighs touched each other, the hipdips, the natural belly, chest, arms, hair, hands… Everything.
As she turned to get into the stream he looked back at his body, as if he hadn’t been staring. Maybe they had already gotten very close but maybe it wasn’t completely okay to directly stare at her body, even though it was with a right mind. He looked back up as she got into the water. She complained about the temperature, making him chuckle a little. It was a good thing she never had to live on the streets or simply in the wild.
She got closer and told him to fix what he had done, “As you wish, your highness,” he said before he let one arm find it’s way around her body. “Hands above the water, please,” he said, almost with a hint that she was going to do something dirty to him, but he actually just wanted her to hold the soap. “And close your eyes,” he spoke softly.

Neil smiled gently as she repeated his complimenting nickname. Well, it wasn’t really because he remembered much of the fact that he was a prince. No, to be fair, it had been buried in all the blood and chaos in his life. “Don’t you like it?” he teased back. He enjoyed how everything he did to her, let her leave a pleasured hum or chuckle. He smiled widely at her as she complained about having her hands above the water. “Well, she can have her hands under the water soon enough,” he said, almost as if it was a servant teaching a younger princess how to act like a queen when she would grow up. He placed the soap in her hands. “I won’t promise anything” he said smiling. As soon as her eyes were closed, he gently let his thumb rub against her skin to loosen up the dirt on her face. He would then let his hand dip into the water and carefully wash the dirt of her face.

She opened her eyes again while he was in the middle of drying as much water off her face as possible. He had been looking very concentrated and had been very respectful towards not doing anything ‘funny’, so when her eyes opened up, letting him see the beautiful hazel eyes, he pulled a smile. As she whispered to him, his eyes shortly went down between them before they found her eyes again, “I am… Incredibly glad that you didn’t take no for a no,” he said pulling a gentle smile, hinting to the fact that he had told her no so many times when they had just met. He hadn’t wanted food nor a place to stay, but right now, he had both because of her. She took care of his needs, and he could save up money by begging while she was in school or working. “Trust me, I really appreciate everything you do,” he took his free hand and started scrubbing his own face a bit more. He wasn’t really sure if there was any filth left on his face, neck or back. The rest of it he could see quite well after all. He placed a gentle kiss towards the hand which had just caressed his cheekbone. “Would you mind checking if I missed a spot?” he wondered and let his hand try and close her hand around the soap.

He kept a crooked smile on his lips as she said she was just stubborn like that. He really appreciated her stubbornness. As she made a small circle with her finger, he turned around in the water and looked down into the water, while she looked at the spots he had missed. He received the soap and politely stood with it waiting. He knew he had a lot of scars, but he was so used to them, that he didn’t think so much about warning her about them – besides, she had seen him naked and all that. The only difference was, now she had the time to inspect everything. But even though, her fingers didn’t seem to travel over his back in any inspecting way, but only to really scrub spots off him – or it did feel more like a massage. He hummed in deep pleasure, as she massaged the muscles which barely had any fat on them. “Mmh, take your time,” he mumbled a little as she said she was almost done. Even though he sounded quite pleasured as he said it, it was quickly followed by a small innocent hiss from some of the knots under the skin that hurt to be massaged. He looked over her shoulder as she asked him to lean back, before he slowly leaned back. She supported his head, and he couldn’t help but to close his eyes. He opened one eye as she said he was all clean and found a teethy bright smile to smile at her with. He sighed lovingly and let one hand find her arm and let it slide up. His hands were cold from the cold water. “Thank you,” he said quietly. He savored the moment. With a bigger breath in, enough to elevate even his belly, he got up and turned around to face her. He opened his arms a bit up to her. “I think I missed a spot,” he said. It was almost clear in his expression that he was out for ‘trouble’. He had already been completely soaked, so he wouldn’t mind getting soaked again and she had complained about the water being cold – and if she got colder or started to freeze, he would have an excellent excuse to wrap his arms around her and keep her warm.

There was something so quiet and serene about this. It soothed her soul in a way she wasn’t sure how to put into words. One thing was sure, the longer she stayed around him, the more she knew that leaving him would become almost near impossible. Even though the young wolf knew that it was a big possibility that it would happen. Right now, she didn’t want to think about that. Not with him so close. His warmth. His presences.

A small, confused hum left her, as he turned around in her arms and got up to face her. Clearly, she had been somewhere else, but quickly found out what he was talking about. A sneaky grin lifted the side of her mouth as she stepped a little closer to him. “Oh, you did, did you?” she narrowed her one eye. Looking almost sceptical at him. But she was quick to take the last step needed to be so close that their skin touched. Her arms snaked around his neck and pulled him closer to her. At this point she couldn’t hold herself back. Her lips came crashing down upon his. A small, pleasured moan left her as she pulled him even closer, if that was even possible at this point. But for every touch she got, the more her body craved of him.