Keeping warm

Story by EBIL64 on SoFurry

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Link and Tulin are trapped in a cave during a snowstorm. There link finds something interesting about Tulin.


The wind howled through the jagged peaks of the Hebra Mountains, biting deep enough to make even the hardiest Rito shiver. Tulin adjusted the thick woolen scarf around his—no, *her*—beak, fingers stiff with cold. The disguise had held for months: bound chest, roughened voice, the practiced swagger of a young warrior. Nobody questioned it. Nobody looked twice. Link trudged ahead, shoulders hunched against the storm, his blue tunic darkened by sleet. "Shelter," he shouted over the gale, pointing toward a shadowy outcrop half-buried in snowdrifts. Tulin nodded, wings tucked tight against the relentless gusts. One misstep here, and the chasm below would swallow them whole. The cave was shallow but dry, the wind's roar muffled to a dull growl. Link crouched to spark a fire, his numb fingers fumbling with flint. Tulin hovered close—too close—her feathers bristling with unspoken tension. When the flame finally caught, its flickering glow revealed the careful stitching along her tunic's side, the subtle curve she'd hidden for so long. Link exhaled sharply, steam curling from his lips. "You're shaking," he muttered, and before she could protest, he dragged her against his chest. The heat of him seeped through layers of damp fabric, his heartbeat a steady drum beneath her ear. Tulin froze, every muscle taut. His palm slid up her spine—then stilled. A beat. Two. She felt the exact moment he realized the binding beneath her clothes wasn't armor. She didn't breathe. Didn't move. His fingers twitched, tracing the unmistakable swell where fabric had loosened from hours of trekking. The fire popped, casting shadows that danced across his widening eyes. "Tulin," he said, voice low, rough. Not a question. Not yet. She jerked back, wings flaring, but the cave walls were too close—her feathers scraped stone as she stumbled. "I can explain," she lied, throat tight. How could she? The truth was a tangle of fear and want: the way her pulse raced when he sparred with her, the ache beneath her bindings when he laughed. Link stood slowly, snow melting from his boots in dark puddles. The firelight caught the gold in his eyes as he stepped forward. "You don't have to," he murmured, and his hand hovered near her cheek—close enough that she felt the warmth, not touching. Not yet. Tulin's breath hitched. His thumb brushed the down beneath her jaw, feather-soft, and the sound she made was embarrassingly small. Outside, the storm shrieked like a living thing, but the cave was suddenly too quiet. His fingers slid down to the knotted sash at her waist, hesitating. A question. She should've stopped him. Should've turned away. Instead, her fingers dug into his biceps as she arched into the touch, the bindings unraveling with a whisper of fabric. Link's breath hitched when the last strip fell away—her breasts were small but unmistakable, the dark pink nipples pebbled from cold or anticipation. His calloused palms skimmed her ribs, mapping the unfamiliar terrain with a reverence that made her tremble. His hands were rougher than she'd imagined, his grip firm as he traced the delicate curve of her waist—then lower, slipping beneath the hem of her tunic to brush against the soft down between her thighs. Tulin gasped, her claws scraping against the stone floor as her knees buckled. Link caught her, pulling her flush against him, his arousal pressing hot and insistent against her belly. She wanted to say something—to laugh, to protest—but his mouth crashed into hers before she could speak, his lips warm and insistent. The taste of him was wild, like snowmelt and the faint iron tang of blood from where the wind had chapped his skin. Her beak clacked awkwardly against his teeth at first, but then he angled his head, deepening the kiss until her head spun. His hands were everywhere—tangling in the down at the nape of her neck, skimming the sensitive hollows beneath her wings, tracing the sharp jut of her hipbones with a reverence that left her trembling. She hadn’t known skin could feel like this, every touch sparking like flint against tinder. When his thumb brushed her nipple, she keened into his mouth, her fingers digging into his shoulders. Tulin fumbled with the ties of his trousers, her fingers catching on the damp fabric until the knot gave way. His cock sprang free, thick and flushed, the tip glistening in the firelight. She stared, pulse hammering in her throat—she’d seen stallions, of course, but never like this, never straining toward *her* with such urgent heat. Link hissed when her fingers curled around him, his hips jerking into her grip. She didn’t know what to do—had never done this—but instinct drove her to stroke him, marveling at the way his breath hitched when her thumb swiped over the slickness beading at his slit. His hands tightened on her waist, claws pricking through her tunic. "Wait," he gasped, pulling her down onto the bedroll with him, his voice rough as gravel. "Not like that." The cave floor was cold beneath her back, but his body was a furnace, his mouth trailing down her throat, teeth scraping the delicate skin where her pulse raced. She arched when his tongue flicked over a nipple, her cry echoing off the stone walls. Link groaned against her skin, one hand sliding between her thighs, finding her already slick with need. "Gods, Tulin," he muttered, fingers circling the tight bundle of nerves that made her wings shudder. She clawed at his shoulders, her breath coming in ragged pants as his fingers dipped lower, pressing inside her with agonizing slowness. The stretch burned—she was so tight—but the pleasure that followed was dizzying, her hips rolling against his hand instinctively. Link watched her with dark eyes, his thumb rubbing relentless circles as he added another finger, her body clenching around him. "Ready?" His voice was barely above a whisper, rough with restraint. Tulin could only nod, her beak pressing into his shoulder as he shifted above her, his cock nudging against her entrance. The first push stole her breath—sharp, searing pain that made her wings flare against the stone. She whimpered, her talons digging into his hips, but Link stilled, his forehead pressed to hers, letting her adjust. The initial thrust punched a startled cry from Tulin's throat—her body clamped down instinctively, her talons leaving crescent moons in Link's hips as she arched against the sudden stretch. He froze, panting against her neck, every muscle taut with restraint. "Breathe," he murmured, his voice raw, and she realized her wings were splayed rigid against the stone, her feathers quivering. Slowly, she forced her lungs to expand, the sharpness receding to a throbbing ache as her body grudgingly accepted him. Link groaned when she relaxed incrementally, his forehead damp against hers. He shifted—just an inch—and the friction sent an unexpected jolt through her, her inner walls fluttering around him. Tulin gasped, her beak parting against his shoulder as the pain bled into something hotter, stranger. His hips rolled experimentally, and this time the sensation was less invasion and more ignition, her claws scrambling up his back to anchor herself as pleasure coiled low in her belly. She told him to continue in a voice that didn't sound like hers—hoarse, wrecked—and his fingers dug into her hips as he obeyed, his thrusts deepening with agonizing slowness. The rhythm was erratic at first, their bodies learning each other, but then he found an angle that made her wings shudder violently, her cry muffled against his collarbone. Link growled something unintelligible, his pace quickening, each snap of his hips dragging against a spot inside her that made sparks dance behind her eyelids. Tulin clawed at his shoulders, her thighs trembling around his waist as he stretched her wider than she'd thought possible, the burn giving way to something molten and relentless. She could feel him everywhere—the press of his abdomen against her clit, the scrape of his callouses on her inner thighs, the way his breath hitched when she clenched around him. His rhythm faltered when her walls suddenly tightened, her entire body bowing off the ground as pleasure crested without warning, her beak biting into his skin to stifle a scream. Link froze as her muscles clamped down in pulsing waves, his cock trapped in the vice of her climax. He cursed through gritted teeth, hips stuttering as he fought not to move, his fingers digging bruises into her hips. Every twitch of her inner walls dragged a ragged groan from him, his forehead pressed against hers as he whispered her name like a prayer—or a warning. When the tremors finally subsided, Tulin went boneless beneath him, her chest heaving, her feathers damp with sweat. Link waited only until her breathing evened before rolling his hips again—slow at first, testing. She whimpered, oversensitive, but her legs tightened around his waist in silent permission. The pace he set now was relentless, his thrusts deeper, each snap of his pelvis hitting that spot inside her that made her claws scrape against stone. She could feel the moment he lost control—the sharp hitch in his breath, the way his fingers dug into her thighs hard enough to bruise. His rhythm fractured into something desperate, each movement driving her higher again despite the aftershocks still rippling through her. The cave filled with the slick sound of skin on skin, the occasional scrape of talons against leather, the ragged symphony of their breaths. Tulin arched when his teeth grazed her throat, her wings splayed wide beneath her as pleasure coiled tight once more. Then it happened—a sudden, impossible pressure as his cock breached deeper than before, nudging against something soft and untested inside her. Her egg chamber. Tulin's cry dissolved into a high, broken whimper as the sensation blurred the line between pain and pleasure, her body clenching instinctively around the intrusion. Link froze, panting against her collarbone, his muscles trembling with restraint. She could feel him pulsing inside her, pressed flush against her womb, his breath hot and uneven against her skin. "Tulin," he gasped, voice wrecked—half-question, half-plea—and the raw need in it shattered her restraint. Her hips jerked upward, her claws raking down his back as she ground against him, chasing the delirious friction of his cockhead rubbing against her most sacred space. The pleasure built like a storm surge, unstoppable now, her wings thrashing against the stone floor. "I love you," she sobbed, her beak clattering against his collarbone as her body seized around him. "Please—*please*—fill me, Link, I need it—" The words tumbled out, frantic and shameless, her mind consumed by the image of his seed spilling deep, of her body swelling with his child. The thought alone sent another wave of contractions rippling through her, her inner walls milking him with desperate, rhythmic pulses. His answering groan was guttural, his hips stuttering as he buried himself to the hilt, his cockhead kissing her womb in one final, possessive thrust. The kiss he crushed against her beak was bruising, their teeth clacking together as his release hit—hot and thick, spurting in molten pulses that flooded her deepest space. Tulin keened, her talons scoring his back as she felt it—the unmistakable heat of him spilling inside, his cum lacing her walls, the scent of salt and musk thick in the air. Her body milked him greedily, her inner muscles fluttering around his shaft as if trying to draw every last drop deeper. Link shuddered above her, his breath ragged against her throat, his fingers tangled in her down as he rode out the last waves of his climax. Beneath them, his seed pooled warm and heavy in her womb, the liquid heat seeping into her egg chamber where her body had already begun preparing—softening, welcoming, *accepting* the virile claim of Hyrule’s champion. When he finally collapsed beside her, she curled into him instinctively, her wings draping over his torso like a living blanket. The cave smelled of sex and sweat, of woodsmoke and musk, but Tulin pressed her beak to Link’s pulse point anyway, inhaling the salt of his skin. His arm tightened around her waist, pulling her closer, his thumb idly stroking the delicate feathers at her hipbone. Neither spoke; the crackle of the dying fire filled the silence, along with the slowing rhythm of their breaths. Tulin traced idle circles on Link's chest with the tip of her beak, savoring the steady rise and fall of his ribs beneath her. His skin still carried the warmth of their coupling, a living furnace against the chill that crept back in as the fire dwindled. She could feel his heartbeat—slower now, but strong—thrumming against her cheek where she'd nestled into the hollow of his shoulder. His fingers absently combed through the down at the small of her back, sending shivers through her that had nothing to do with the cold. Link stirred first, his fingers still tangled in Tulin's down as the last embers of the fire pulsed faintly against his eyelids. The howling wind had softened to a whisper, the cave's mouth now dusted with fresh snow that glittered like shattered glass in the predawn light. He exhaled slowly, watching his breath curl upward in the sudden stillness—no more than a breeze now, where before it had been a knife. Tulin shifted against him, her wing twitching where it lay draped over his ribs. She blinked up at him, her dark eyes still hazy with the remnants of pleasure, but sharpening as she registered the quiet. "Storm's eased," she murmured, her voice roughened by exhaustion and something warmer, deeper. Her talons flexed against his chest, tracing the marks she'd left there hours earlier—proof this wasn't some fever-dream conjured by the cold. Link tilted his head toward the cave entrance, where pale light now filtered through the snowdrifts. The blizzard had scoured the landscape clean, leaving behind a world hushed and glittering. He should've been thinking of rations, of frostbite, of the Wind Temple's waiting trials—but all he could focus on was the way Tulin's body still fit against his, the way her feathers caught the light like molten gold. She stretched, wings arching, and the movement pulled a wince from her. Link's fingers found the tender spot where her hip met thigh, pressing gently. "Sore?" he asked, though the rasp in his voice betrayed how well he knew the answer. Tulin's answering laugh was breathless, her beak nipping at his jaw in playful reprimand. "You're worse than a Lynel in rut," she muttered, but her claws curled possessively around his wrist. The path to the Wind Temple was treacherous—she could feel it with every step, the unfamiliar weight low in her belly. Not pain, but a warmth, a fullness that hadn't been there before. Her body knew. Even now, the first delicate membranes were forming around the seed he'd planted, her womb already preparing the sacred space where their child would quicken. The thought sent a shiver through her that had nothing to do with the cold.