"Let's try this again, c'mon." Hawk's gaze held Numair's intensely, as he very lightly kissed Numair's hand. He murmured, with a hint of a smile, "Lemme be good to you, Mari."

"Hawk--" Numair started to protest, but Hawk wrapped a wing around him and pulled him laughing into an embrace that lifted him well off his feet.

"C'maaan," he coaxed, "Have me. You can be a lil selfish. I won't tell no one." They came face to face in Hawk's arms, both grinning and caught in the other's eyes. Hawk asked, "Whattya say?"

In response Numair kissed his cheek, and they put their faces together, and Hawk whispered, "I'll take that as a yes."

"Yes," Numair agreed, laughing shyly, as the sunlight came pouring in through the trees overhead. "Yes, yes."

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