This is a short work of erotic fiction containing furry, or anthropomorphic, characters, which are animals that either demonstrate human intelligence or walk on two legs, for the purposes of these tales. It is a thriving and growing fandom in which creators are prevalent in art and writing especially.
All work is fiction intended for fantasy only, regardless of content, and consent must always be acquired when engaging in any sex act with another adult.
Please note that all characters are clearly over eighteen and written as such in all stories.
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"Oof!" Chetney groaned, the small gnome (though he was not always a gnome) stretching out his back as he put an arch into it. "That was a difficult one."
It was not always something that he would have revealed, that he had struggled with the day of travelling, but he had been working with Fearne more than enough to know that he could reveal just a little more of himself there. People just tended to make assumptions about him, which was fair enough: he assumed things about them too. Yet it was his age and the lines of such in his face that highlighted that he had lived for much longer than others, his ears pointed and yet drooping over at the tips.
Fearne, however, never seemed to treat him as if he was any different at all. The faun smiled, her mossy hooves settled on the ground as she puffed out a breath, frosty air pooling before her lips. Her seafoam hair spilt down her back as she smiled, despite the chill of the air. Somewhere, high above, snow had started falling, sending tiny, frozen flecks to the land below. They would want to be inside soon, so that they could regroup and then carry on, merely exploring the land and seeking out what bounties were there for them to take. It was rare that they had nothing in particular to do, but it allowed them to talk more, to move with less purpose across the land.
"Perhaps an inn would be best to slip into?" She suggested. "We have more than enough coin to pay for it right now."
Chetney nodded.
"Hm... I think a massage could work quite nicely too, don't you think?"
If they didn't have such an easy, light relationship between them, a sparkle in the small gnome's eyes, it could have come off as creepy. Yet things had been changing between the faun and the gnome for quite some time, two beings that, somehow, had found one another and come to an understanding in a world that was forever challenging and changing around them.
She smiled, though there was a teasing edge to it.
"Oh, you would say that, wouldn't you, Chetney?"
He shrugged, his smile breaking into a full, easy grin.
"What can I say? I intended it to be for you."
Fearne laughed lightly, pulling her furs closer around her, though they were taken from animals that they had hunted during their missions and chosen quests. Nothing went to waste when they hunted, of course, but it was Fearne who had a kinder eye for that than Chetney.
"Of course, you did... Come on then, let's head for the inn then, it can't be that far."
The town that they were in was sprawling, yet still small enough for them to traverse on foot, for they had no pack animals with them at that time: they would reduce their mobility and ability to traverse higher terrain especially. There were a couple of inns, but they chose the quieter one, one where they would be able to get a good meal before heading upstairs with the key to their room.
Filling their bellies was the first port of call and went a long way, with flagons of ale, towards making both the faun and the gnome feel more like themselves again. It was easy to sit there, laughing and talking, letting whatever it was that had softened between them ease into something more all over again. Anyone watching them could have easily assumed that the two of them were together and not even Fearne nor Chetney could have denied them, either way.
They weren't in a relationship, but considering that sex was a big part of their more relaxing time together, when they were bundled up in a tent or staying in rooms at inns, not having a base to go back to, not at that time. But that suited them both, feeling out the nature of things and taking things forward, even if they didn't quite understand those "things". Chetney had been alone for so long that he didn't quite know what to do about it, though being close to Fearne made him feel good.
Did there have to be anything more to it than that?
Retreating to the room, however... That was where things grew interesting. Chetney smiled and stretched out his arms above his head, stoking the fire while Fearne comfortably stripped down, as if it was the most normal thing in the world to do. Casual nudity between them had begun when they had been out travelling, needing to wash in rivers and lakes, but taking things at a slower pace had simply worked for them.
It was casual...but it also could have been something more.
He joined her in nudity, though the difference in their heights did cause a few issues with him hopping up onto the bed, cursing at the rather sturdy frame.
"Unff... They should make these things lower!"