“We need to get up and go see my mother.”
“We will, but first, cuddles. We must digest.”
Seri rolled his eyes, but instead of pulling away, he sighed contently and snuggled in.
A thought occurred to him. “You know… Leal was a hellhound. Do we know if they actually come from some sort of hell? Would he just be going home then?”
“Who knows, who cares! To be clear, you want the house, right?” Severo asked with a laugh.
Seri smiled. “Yes, I want the house,” he said calmly, before he giggled with excitement. “We have a house!”
“Yes, a house with all that we wanted. All ours.”
“And my mother’s.”
“Yes, hers too. Did I mention I discovered there is a guest house attached?”
“There is?!”
“Yes!”
Seri smiled, but…then he began to feel off… Things were too peaceful. Things didn’t go this well for him usually. “Why does this all feel too good to be true? Good things don’t happen to me.”
Severo pulled back, and brushed Seri’s curls away from his face. “Well, I have to tell you, you better get used to it. Because as long as I draw breath, the only things coming your way are good things.”
“Utter nonsense.”
“It’s not nonsense, because I said so.”
“You are so weird.” Seri laughed.
“Mm, I am,” Severo agreed with a smile. “But despite that, you like me anyway.”
“Mm, you are wrong. I love youbecauseyou are weird. Who else would let me wake up to my daughter’s happy squeals alongside the ferocious roar of a T-Rex?”
“Definitely can’t get that from a normal man.” The Dweller kissed the tip of his nose. “I love you, my feisty Nymph. Thank you so much for handcuffing me to the radiator way back when. Think of all I would have missed out on if you’d let me capture you then and there!”
“Technically, you handcuffed yourself,” Seri said with a smug grin.
“Ah, right. How could I forget?” Severo tsked. “Ah well, I may have not known how to capture my Water Nymph back then, but I think I have it all figured out now.”
“Do you?” Seri hummed, kissing the man on the lips.
“Mm, I know just how to catch my Water Nymph.” Severo kissed him back.
“How is that, hmm?”
“By doing all he tells me to.”
Seri blocked Severo's lips with his hand when he went to kiss him again. “I’m not that bad.”
“You are acting as if I implied it was a bad thing?”
He snorted. “You really do have a kink for being told what to do, don’t you?”
“Mm, but only by you.”
Seri grinned. “Only by me. As it should be.”
