{"sf1_id":2053216,"sf2_id":"ynZDqReY","title":"Lover's Limit | Chapter 1","author":"SuperSpaces","words":9919,"posted_at":"2023-09-24T14:49:46.000Z","tags":["Bestiality","Cloacal Sex","Dragon","Feral","Heat","Human","Kissing","M/F","Modern","Musk","Oral","Pheromones","Romance","Sex","Size Difference","Story","Transformation"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2053216-lover-s-limit-chapter-1","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/ynZDqReY","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/9a/92/9a92f68f-1d69-4e43-8b4d-8ddf31b3881b","description":"first upload to SF, hope you guys like hot dragons!","content":"Chapter 1  \n“... and the broken pieces shall be mended, merged into something greater than both halves.\"  \nAn echo through the dreamscape.  \nHer eyes snapped open to pure darkness. She couldn't see her body; she couldn't see anything for that  \nmatter. The only thing her eyes could spot was the nothing that seemed to envelope her endlessly.  \n“Those within shall be one with their better selves. The forever bonding of a better world.\"  \nWith each word light shot through the darkness, illuminating the nothingness. A beautiful display of  \ncolors and radiance. Yet what it showed to her was not something she was prepared to see, as within  \nthe dark void, within the edges that stretched to eternity, she was not alone.  \nHundreds of thousands of humanoid silhouettes all shifted throughout the empty abyss. Their forms  \nbeing revealed with each spark of brilliant light. Her eyes traced the source, to see the point at which it  \noriginated. The point at which it was all revealed.  \n“I shall make it right.\"  \nA figure enlightened within the blaze, whom spoke loud, powerful and ever echoing throughout the  \ninfinite.  \n“It shall be done.\"  \nShattering the darkness, light scattered her body like a plane of glass. A thousand, thousand screams  \nechoed throughout as the burning rays licked the skin. A blinding blast of pure energy that knocked her  \nthrough the void like a pinball. The pain felt like being burned alive, bones liquefying and grown back  \ninto something new. Something was wrong, something was happening, this was wrong. What did she…?  \nShe was falling, at least for a moment, floating in the air so peacefully before her body scattered upon a  \ncushioned softness. Her eyes blinked open at the rush, whatever was below her had cracked and  \nsnapped into a handful of pieces. They stabbed and scrapped against her body, though the sensation felt  \nstrange, dulled.  \nMoonlight shined brightly in the bedroom, illuminating the majority of the once dark space. She knew  \nthe room well, a decently sized master bedroom with its own bathroom and walk in closet. Fancier then  \nmost, wooden floors and the like… A mirror sat just to the right of where she laid, a large and overbuilt  \none a gift from a friend. Though there was something wrong about what she saw in the mirror, it wasn't  \nwhat she was expecting to see. Something faintly yellow pierced the shadows of the space, was she still  \nsleeping?  \n“Car? What… What happ-?\" A voice whispered next to her, a light masculine voice from a small bodied  \nman.  \n“Carmen-\" The confusion within his voice was cut short by a gasp of fear. The faint smell of something  \nminty rose from his general direction.  \nCarmen shifted her head towards the voice, her head felt heavy and her eyes did not seem to want to  \ncooperate, being constantly unfocused. She looked towards where she thought he would be, only to  \nhave to lower her vision much lower. The man was frozen in place, eyes wide, body shaking. Something  \nhad him terrified, but what could it be?  \nCarmen wanted to respond but something felt wrong with her mouth, something was off. Flexing it, she  \neventually slurred the word out. “Kane?\"  \nHis head looked up in her direction but just off to the right, as if he couldn't see her right next to him.  \n“Honey… w-where are…?\"  \nShe drifted over closer to his vision, unsure to why he couldn't see her. She could see his messy brown  \nhair just fine. “I-.\"  \nHis scream was loud and deafening for her, louder than any concert or construction site she had ever  \nbeen to. Instinctively, her hands attempted to fly up to where her ears were but her limbs were  \nuncooperative. Kane slipped off the broken bed and stumbled back towards the dresser on the far wall.  \nHe was trying to move towards the door, but stumbling upon every little thing in the way.  \n“What… what the fuck is that!? Carmen, where are you?!\" Kane yelled as his gaze darted around the  \nroom in panic.  \nCarmen's gaze attempted to follow his, trying to spot whatever he was so fearful of, but there was  \nnothing in the room other than her. Why did it all feel smaller?  \n“Carmen, I- I can't see anything, where are you?!\" Kane's voice rang through the bedroom.  \n“I'm… I'm right here.\" Carmen stuttered, her mouth felt weird and misshapen, the words didn't come  \nout right. They sounded wrong.  \n“Carmen, I-\" Kane asked again, his voice faltering as his eyes darted about. “Where- What's wrong with  \nyour voice?\"  \nShe didn't know. “What's going on?\"  \nKane was still shaking. “I… There was something, it was big, I… a lot of teeth and I… I don't see you  \nCarmen, where are you?\"  \nEntirely on edge due to the tone of his voice, Carmen tried her best to look around the room for but a  \nmoment but her mind was still so foggy. Everything felt so dulled. “I'm on the bed.\"  \n“I- I'm gonna' find the light switch.\" He peeped as he stumbled closer and closer to the door. His hands  \nfumbled around the wall helplessly.  \nCarmen on the other hand had begun trying to figure out why her body felt so heavy, why everything  \nfelt so dulled, why her mind was so foggy. She tried to look at her hands but the muscles to lift them  \nfelt… wrong. Eventually she was able to figure it out and lift her right hand directly above her face, only  \nto see something strange. In the dim light all she saw was some sort of animalistic gloves.  \nThen the lights turned on. A blinding blast of bright light that felt like a flashbang to her. She blinked a  \ncouple times and tried to rub her eyes, but she still couldn't feel her fingers.  \n“W- What the fuck- What the fuck-!\" Kane stuttered in panic as Carmen slowly moved her wobbling  \nhead to look at him. “What the fuck is that?!\"  \nCarmen snapped her gaze where he was looking as fast as she could, though found herself over  \ncompositing and having to focus her dizzy vision. There was nothing behind her, other than the solid  \nsheet rock wall and bedside cabinet. She turned back towards him and cocked her head. Kane was tight  \nagainst the wall, knuckles white from the grip. His eyes were firmly locked on either her or something  \npast her as his thin body shook violently.  \n“Don't- Don't eat me!\" He begged as he shrunk to the ground while tears rolled down his face, arms  \nraising to protect it. “Carmen!? Carmen, where are you?!\"  \n“Kane?\" Carmen asked, incredibly confused. “I'm right here? What do you see?\"  \nKane's head snapped up at the sound of her voice but once again recoiled at the sight of whatever he  \nsaw. “Carmen? What- How-\"  \n“Kane? What's wrong?\" Carmen asked again.  \nHis face, wide eyed and terrified gained a hint of confusion. The emotions within his mind plainly visible  \non his face, as the pieces were put into place. His eyes never left her. “Carmen?\" He asked quietly, as if  \nnot wanting the answer.  \n“What's wrong?\" Carmen responded grunting as the dizziness began to grow stronger.  \n“What happened to you?\" Kane asked.  \nCarmen shook her head, trying to shake the fog from her mind. “I don't know what you-\"  \nHer gaze returned back down to her hands to see the strange bright red scaled gloves that she had seen  \nprevious. She looked further down to see a chest constructed of tan sheets of reptilian armor. Wait…  \nHer heart began to pound in her chest, her eyes snapped fully open as she looked over her entire body.  \nThe woozy feeling within her head evaporated away like morning dew.  \nWhat the fuck was she?  \nA massive reptilian creature now sat upon her broken bed, dark red scales coating the entirety of her  \nmuscular four-legged form. Thick claws tipped her now beefy digits while tall wings laid  \nunceremoniously across her back. She could feel a tail running off past the shattered pieces of wood and  \nhitting the wall behind her. Carmen only realized halfway through that the reason she could even see all  \nof this was because of how long her neck had become.  \nThen she caught a glance of herself in the mirror again, a glance of her now disturbing face upon the  \nglass. A lizard-like muzzle full of sharp dagger teeth. Long dangerous looking horns stabbing out of the  \nback of her head. Unfamiliar yellow eyes stared back at her, slowly beginning to glow.  \nCarmen looked back down at her hands, is that what they were even called?  \nWhat the fuck was she?  \n“What…\"  \nShe was gone, replaced by some horrifying monster. Where was her original self, her original body? Why  \ndid this happen? What was going to happen? Could she even fit through the door to leave? She felt like  \nshe wanted to cry but no tears came, only the feelings. The idea that she was so alien that she couldn't  \neven cry only made it worse.  \n“Carmen?\" Kane's voice brought her back, he sounded desperate.  \n“Kane…. I… I don't know what happened. I'm...\" She wheezed through deep breaths.  \n“Car?\" Kane asked again, his voice growing louder.  \n“Don't look at me! I… I'm a monster.\" Carmen choked.  \nShe opened her eyes to see Kane standing directly in front of the shattered bed, face more worried than  \nscared. “C- Carmen? I…\" His voice abruptly stopped.  \nCarmen's eyes ran over his body, his darker skin contrasting his white underwear. Light stubble battered  \nthe bottom of his worry filled face. His form shook with a fear that burned like hot iron to her. He looked  \nso small, even with her long neck low to the bed he was still looking directly forward. She was probably  \nbig enough to fill the entire bed now.  \nTheir eyes met in the silence.  \n“I don't know what happened b- but we'll get through this, o- okay?\" Kane spoke, his voice still shaky.  \n“But I'm-\" Carmen began, the feelings emerging once again, but were quickly stopped as Kane laid a  \nhand upon her large neck, the touch dulled by her thick scales.  \n“W- We'll figure it out, together… alright?\" His voice grew more confident with every word. “A- Alright?\"  \nCarmen watched him closely, surprised at the sudden confidence even when seeing what she was now.  \nShe watched him inspect ever feature upon his face, hoping to see the fear drop away, but it stayed.  \nPain filled her chest as she reluctantly nodded.  \n“Okay… Let's… What time is it?\" He asked as he looked towards the bed stand. “6:13 AM.\"  \nHe looked back towards his transformed partner and stifled the flinch from the sight. “I- Uh…  \nBreakfast?\"  \nHer spacious stomach grumbled at the word; the sound much louder than anything a human could have  \nmade. “Yes?\" She responded, attempting a smile.  \nKane's skin turned pale at the display of a massive creature's hunger. He tried to hide his fear with a  \nsmile but it did nothing to mask it. He nodded and turned to walk out of the bedroom, his movement  \nstopping as his eyes fell upon the door. “Can you even fit through the…?\" He asked cautiously.  \nCarmen looked down towards the broken bed and her changed limbs. “I… I'm not even sure if I can  \nstand.\" Her voice broke with anxiety.  \n“I'll… I'll grab you something then, alright?\" Kane quickly assured. “I think we have some leftover ribs in  \nthe…\"  \nCarmen's stomach grumbled again. “Uh- Yeah that'd be…\"  \nJumping at the sound, Kane nodded as he took cautious steps towards the door. His eyes never left her  \nform his whole body was stiffly held in her direction never changing. He was afraid to turn his back on  \nher.  \nWith pain in her chest from the realization, Carmen's gaze drifted back towards the mirror, feeling a  \nstrange disconnect as she saw the creature within it mimic her movements. She still had eyebrows,  \nthough they were more ridges than anything, she still had lips, but she didn't have ears anymore. No  \nmore earrings so it would seem. Eyes of a light yellow stared back at her, their glow slightly highlighting  \nthe edges of her scaled face. She sighed, wincing at the feeling and sound of her much bigger lungs.  \nEverything that was once her was gone. Everything that she had treasured about what she was, now  \nreplaced by a monstrous façade of her. Memories of her spending hours trying to get her hair right  \nbefore their first date popped in her head, a painful reminder that what once was, now was no longer.  \nShe was no longer pretty, or beautiful, she was a horrible monster.  \nMovement shifted above her head her gaze snapped to it. Long red scaled arms tipped with spindly  \nfingers interlaced with a tan leather-like tarp. Wings. In the chaos of everything else she had forgotten  \nshe had wings. They draped clumsily across her back and the entire side of the bedroom they sat within.  \nHonestly, if it wasn't for everything else that looked so terrifying, these would be pretty nice to have,  \nbut her emotions were tempered by the reality of her situation. She wondered if they would actually lift  \nher off the ground.  \nCarmen's gaze shifted lower, towards her hands. Five digits still, thankfully, though much thicker than  \nwhat she was used to, and like the rest of her coated in blood red scales. Her fingers were tipped with  \ndangerous looking claws, sharpened to a point. She flexed her hand, watching the new muscles and  \nbones shift beneath the scales. Dangerous weapons that would slice anything or anyone into pieces if  \nshe tried hard enough.  \nHer mind stopped on the width of these new fingers. Realization hit her as her eyes darted over the bed,  \nthrown into a panic as she lifted her heavy limbs to find what she searched for.  \nThere!  \nA small platinum ring tipped with sapphire that glinted beautifully in the light. Carmen held it, picked it  \nup and held it carefully, time seemed to slow down as she realized she'd never wear it again. Her  \nsmallest finger was now twice if not triple the size of the ring. The object that solidified her love to Kane  \nwas separated from her permanently.  \nShe tried her best to shift over and lightly set the ring upon her bed stand, but winced as it bounced off  \nthe wood and fell upon the ground underneath the stand. Carmen attempted to react fast enough to  \ngrab but, but instead found herself shifting her new body in a way that made her lose balance. Like a  \npainfully slow collapse of a bridge, she rolled over off the side of the bed and collided with the floor and  \npartially the wall. Her wings battering the window and her shoulder taking the fall.  \nA groan was all she could make as she tried her best to move her arm to lift herself up, but it was all so  \nforeign. Her limbs didn't fall like she expected and she didn't know how they moved.  \n“I… I heard a bang- Oh! Are you okay?\" Kane's voice emanated from the doorway, his tone shifting from  \nfearful to worried as his emotions waged war within.  \nCarmen could only groan as she instead tried to shift herself to see the bedstand. With another grunt  \nand another unprepared fall to the ground she could now see it, the ring just underneath the bedstand.  \nShe reached towards it eagerly, only to find that her hand did not fit underneath the stand like it used  \nto. Sorrow hit her like a bus, it was right there, why couldn't she reach it?  \n“I… Car- Carmen, are you okay?\" Kane repeated, stuttering over her name like it was wrong.  \n“I dropped it.\" She didn't mean for her words to sound so pained, but it was all she could feel.  \nKane moved towards Carmen, steering clear for her long tail and towering wings. “What did…\" Kane  \nbegan but cut himself off as he rounded the edge of the bed, seeing her decimated bestial face staring  \nunderneath the bedstand.  \n“It's right there! I just. Can't. get. It.\" She repeated as she rammed her hand into the gap of the  \nbedstand, not noticing it chipping from the impact.  \nKane squeezed by Carmen's large body and approached her head. He moved his hands towards either  \nside of her face, to hold her head just like he used to. His hands rose towards her; they floated, forms  \nshaking, just inches away from the sides of her face. His eyes stared like daggers towards hers, as if  \nsearching for something within, before a light smile hit his face. The pain, fear, and hesitation were plain  \nto see, the sight caused the gripping tightness within her chest to grow. Though it immediately washed  \naway as the light slow contact came anyway  \n“H- Hey, hey! It's okay.\" His words came suddenly for the both of them.  \nCarmen closed her eyes at the warm touch, leaning into his hands, desperate to flee this feeling. “Now  \nlet me get that for… you…\" He spoke as he clambered down below the bed stand and felt a familiar  \nobject. “Oh.\"  \nThe pain came back immediately.  \n“It- It doesn't fit anymore.\" Carmen cried, her voice breaking.  \nKane did his best to hide the emotions that slammed him as he held the ring within his hand. The view  \nof the massive scaled creature next to him, breathing heavily upon his neck did nothing to help. He  \nprocessed her words slowly, not wanting believe the truth behind them, the pain behind them. “I…\" He  \ncould not find the words to speak as he stared upon it. “W- We'll…\"  \nHis gaze fell back upon Carmen, flinching once again at the sight. “We'll figure this out…\" He shifted the  \nring in his hands as he watched her for but a moment, his view cautious. Carmen felt so disconnected, it  \ndidn't help that she could see tears brewing in the corners of his beautiful green eyes, hear his  \nheartbeat rising, smell the salt in his tears.  \n“We… We have to figure this out.\" Kane's eyes fell back towards the ring in his hands, watching its  \nbeautiful crystal glint in the lamp light.  \nKane's façade of confidence quickly fell apart after that, as the cruel reality was beginning to finally crash  \nthrough. “I… I need to go.\" He said attempting to compose himself as he rushed past her body and out  \nthe door.  \n“Wait I-\" Carmen tried to think of something to say to stop him leaving, but he was already gone.  \nThoughts raced through her mind as the agony of everything reverberated within her. She wanted to  \ncry; she wanted the tears to flow, to fall, to crash, but nothing came as she closed her eyes. Her mind  \nran rampant at the sight of her lover fleeing from her, who could ever love something so animalistic as  \nshe was now?  \nCarmen caught her breath as her eyes darted towards the mirror once again, a silent prayer that  \nwhatever was happening had ended, but it was only the inhuman staring back. The world around her  \ncemented her thoughts. How much space she took up, how inhuman she was, all of these things  \nreinforced herself disgust. She needed to leave, to remove whatever this was from Kane's life so that he  \ncould be happy again, happy without her. She bit her lip.  \nKane could not be heard. He must have run away from all of this; fled from the scary monster. She  \ncouldn't blame him; she'd do the same.  \nA growling within her belly reminded her of the previous events.  \nHer gaze shifted back to her collapsed body, splayed out over the ground, the bed and the wall  \nunceremoniously. She needed to figure this out. With a huff, she shifted her left hand directly below her  \nand soon to follow her right as well, and pushed herself to a semi crawling position. Now balancing upon  \nher two front feet she threw one arm upon the collapsed bed and shakily pulled herself up upon the  \nsheets.  \nCarmen could still feel her legs lying limply the cold hard wood of the floor, trailing too and touching the  \nwall. She tried her best to move them, to feel the muscles within, eventually getting a grasp on what she  \nhad to work with. Cringing as she realized she no longer would be able to walk 'normally' as her new  \nlegs were built in such a way to walk like an animal, not like a human. Stopping she took a deep breath  \nas she began to feel the new weight of her body, the new balance that she would have to hold. Then she  \npushed all of her weight off the bed and onto her back feet, before chaotically shifting all legs upon the  \nground.  \nThen that was it, she was standing. The feeling of her new thick appendages supporting her immense  \nweight was something bizarre yet liberating. She would not be bed ridden! Her large muscles shifted and  \nstretched as she moved her body, cautiously experimenting with the new feelings. Immediately the sight  \ngrounded her, with her cringing at the sight. However, she was now standing, though that was only half  \nof the battle.  \nShe knew, somehow, that she couldn't walk on two legs anymore, so she didn't even try. Instead, she  \nshifted her legs like that of a dog, back left and front right, then back right and front left, alternating.  \nThough the idea was sound, the execution was far from perfect. Shakily she took her first step forward,  \nthough had no time to celebrate.  \nSqueezing past the now significantly smaller area between the bed and the wall, she stumbled heavily  \ntowards the door out of their bedroom. A quick look towards her wings confirmed her suspicions about  \nsize, she tried her best to pull them in tightly. The frame was tight, worryingly snug against her scales as  \nthey grinded against the wood. It took a couple attempts, as her new wings and frame found the  \ndoorframe too thin to fit. Though eventually she found the right angle, and with a light cracking pop she  \nwas able to shimmy through. Her mind stopped upon the feeling of her tail sliding against the ground, a  \nticklish reminder of her current situation.  \nShe wandered into their main living space, a decently sized room that was the other half of the one-  \nbedroom house. In the middle, a couch facing a fancy flatscreen TV that Kane had gotten for her  \nbirthday, he knew how much she loved movies. She remembered dragging the couch in with Kane and  \nhis father from her mother's house when she said she didn't need it. Nice well-kept leather, not a single  \ncrack or break since her mother had given it to her. A variety of nick-nacks were scattered about the  \nplace as reminders of the various trips the duos had taken.  \nTurning the corner into the Kitchen revealed more of the same, A decently sized antique circular table  \nequipped with three chairs sat before a window bay with closed curtains. More trinkets topped the  \ntable while more gifted equipment and more memories were scattered about the L shaped kitchen top.  \nHowever, the smell of delicious food snapped her attention to the aluminum wrapped container of ribs  \nthat taunted her upon the counter. Leftovers from a party at Kane's father's house, a semiweekly  \noccasion where he invited half the neighborhood and smoked as much meat as he could. There were  \nalways leftovers, and Kane always got some. As the memories passed through her gaze never left the  \nfood, it's fate now sealed.  \nWith one arm Carmen balanced upon the counter as she used the other to lightly unwrap the container,  \ntaking a deep whiff of the savory meat that lied before her. Even though they were still cold, Carmen  \ndaintily grabbed one of the small meat laden bones between her claws and took a cautious bite. The  \nsecond the meat made contact with her tongue the entire definition of starvation changed for her. Both  \nhands hastily and violently shoveled every piece of meat she could into her bestial jaw. Nothing was safe  \nfrom her vicious attack. By the time she was done there was nothing left, no bones, no meat, no sauce,  \nnothing. It was just a metallic container torn to shreds and her, both covered in barbecue sauce.  \nHer hands, or what she called her hands, were drenched in sauce. As crazy as the sight was, it felt so  \nhorrifically foreign to her. Carmen sighed as she tried her best to not track barbecue sauce across the  \nground as she moved towards the sink. Honestly, she surprised herself with the level of precision she  \ncould get out of her new hands. As bulky as they were, they still allowed her to turn the sink on, pump  \nthe soap and was them all while leaning against the counter. She'd have to thank Kane later for pushing  \nfor the granite countertops and reinforced wooden cabinets instead of the cheap plywood and tile. That  \nstuff probably wouldn't be able to hold up the weight of something like her.  \nMovement in the window in front of her, her eyes darted to it faster than she could react. It was her, or  \nat least, her reflection. The strange beast within the glass meeting her gaze, its muzzle coated in  \nbarbecue sauce. She looked back down towards the water and attempted to was her face without  \nsplashing water everywhere. Though her sheer size made that an impossibility. She wondered what  \nKane would think if he saw her like this. Would he laugh? Would he cry?  \nWould he be scared?  \nAs her eyes flitted away from her reflection, the smell of salt touched the edges of her nose. She sniffed  \nalmost instinctually once more to get a better feel for it, but instead heard the source.  \nCrying.  \nImmediately her heart dropped and a deep want to comfort Kane grew in its place, but would she bring  \nhim any comfort? Or would her presence just make it worse? Her mind bounced back to Kane shakily  \nreaching out towards her to comfort her, pushing past the fear to help her, but the fear was still there.  \nHe tried so hard to help her, should she try too?  \nCarmen wobbled out of the kitchen as fast as she could still not confident on her ability to move. Each  \nstep felt like a leap of faith to limbs that didn't feel strong enough to support her. She could still hear  \nKane crying; her gaze flew through the room scanning for him as quickly as she possibly could. Her eyes  \nbouncing between everywhere he could possibly be between the large living space, the entrance way  \nand the bathroom. Following the sound, she could faintly hear him just past the back door outside on  \ntheir small after thought of a porch.  \nShe stumbled over towards the backdoor doing her best to balance on three limbs to twist the handle. It  \nswung open faster than what she was expecting but she was able to stop it. The night air was brisk,  \nmuch colder than the heated air within the home. A wooden fence lined the small empty yard they had,  \nwith a long disused shed sitting in the far-right corner. The moon was high in the darkened cloudy sky,  \nbarely visible. She poked her head out into the night air and broke at the sight of Kane.  \nUpon a wooden patio chair, Kane sat coiled up in a ball with a pillow in his lap, head buried firmly within  \nthe softness. She could hear his wheezing breaths between his pained sobs. He hadn't put on any  \nclothes, still just wearing the underwear he had slept in. He shook heavily from either the cold or the  \nemotions, or both. He held the pillow tightly like he was scared of it leaving him.  \n“Kane?\" She asked as quietly as she could.  \nHis head flew up as he let loose a quick yelp from the sudden sound. His eyes were bloodshot and tears  \nstained his bright red face. He stared upon her with soaked eyes “I…\" he left his mouth open like there  \nwas more to say but the words never came, he just watched her form in fear.  \nCarmen could tell he could barely see her, just like in the bedroom the only light was the dim moon with  \nnothing else. Kane's eyes darted between the highlighted parts of her body; the parts she knew would  \nbe illuminated. Eventually his beautiful green eyes landed on her glowing yellow eyes, much brighter  \nthan before. They shared a stare for quite a while before one of them broke the silence.  \n“I… I'm sorry, you're the one…\" Kane began his voice choked from the tears.  \n“No.\" Carmen said softly. “You…\" The words didn't come.  \nKane looked away towards the moon as tears started to fall again, against his wishes. “I know that… that  \nyou…\"  \nHe stopped himself and took a deep shaky breath. Eyes never breaking from the monolithic moon  \nabove.  \n“What are we going to do?\" Kane finally said, his emotions breaking. “I…\"  \n“We'll figure this out, right? Just like you said.\" Carmen said, questioning even herself as she said it.  \nKane didn't respond, his eyes met hers again. Carmen could see him shaking once more as the smell of  \nmint wafted through the air. “I don't…\" He began  \nTears fell harder than before as he looked towards the ground. Carmen watched the droplets fall and  \nsplash against the concrete. “I'm terrified of… you… Carmen.\"  \nCarmen took a step back from the emotional slap that Kane delivered. Her mind welled with sadness as  \nthe weight of his words hit her. She'd be crying too if she could, but instead she just bit her lip. Kane  \nlooked away again towards the moon. She could see the thoughts run through his mind as his face hid  \nnone of it.  \n“So, h- how I am supposed to help you, w- when I'm on the verge of… of becoming a heaving wreck  \nevery time I look at you?\" Kane sobbed.  \nHe caught his breath but his eyes showed a level of sadness she had never seen within him before.  \n“You… you remember the zookeeper, right?\"  \nIt hit her like a bus, in the hectic events she had forgotten. It'd been years since it was even brought up.  \nKane was deathly scared of lizards; He had seen a zookeeper get attacked by a Komodo dragon while  \nshe was feeding it when Kane was a kid. It took a year for Kane to finally tell her about it, but he told her  \nit was the first and only time he had ever seen anyone die so violently.  \nShe wanted to reach out to him, to comfort him. To otherwise show him that she cared for him in a way  \nthat words couldn't show, but if the view of herself scared her, she couldn't even imagine what it was  \ndoing to him. Carmen only nodded.  \nKane's eyes went back towards the moon, he stared in silence as Carmen noticed the oranges of a  \nsunrise licking the tree line. Tears rolled down his check as he did his best to not break apart again.  \n“What do I need to do?\" Carmen asked.  \nKane stayed silent, not breaking his gaze towards the crescent moon. His brow furrowed as the thoughts  \nrushed through his head. The lack of any sound this early in the morning was deafening, painful even.  \nKane wiped the tears with the pillow and made eye contact with her once again. She moved to ask the  \nquestion again but got cut off by his voice.  \n“Are you still... you?\" His voice was desperate, he needed the answer. “Are you still the woman I  \nproposed to?\"  \n“Not- Not physically, I… I think I can get over that hurdle… eventually…\" He elaborated. “Are you… you…  \nin your head?\"  \nCarmen began to respond, but the response she thought she knew choked her up, she didn't believe it.  \nShe lifted one of her hands and looked at, just like before it felt disconnected and far away. Something  \nthat was so strange that her own mind couldn't believe it was hers. She looked towards Kane seeing his  \nexpectant face. She flexed the muscles and sighed.  \n“I don't know.\" Carmen responded finally, breaking the silence. “I feel normal, but… well, it's only been  \nan hour.\"  \n“Jesus you're right.\" Kane responded as he ran his hand through his hair. His gaze went back up to the  \nmoon. “W- We'll I'm freezing, and I think you're letting all the warm air out, so maybe we continue this  \nconversation inside?\"  \nCarmen looked back towards the door to see herself still halfway through it, not having fully went  \noutside. “Oh- Shit. Sorry, yeah we can…\" She said as she clumsily reversed back through the doorway.  \nAs she finally got inside, she watched Kane turn the lights on and finally get a good look at her full size.  \nHis eyes grew wide and he took a cautious step back as his body began to shake slightly but he didn't  \nlook away. He looked on with restrained emotions.  \n“Oh- I… y- you're… really b- big.\" Kane said stunned and terrified from the sight.  \nCarmen took another look at her body again, impressed at how far her neck could crane. Her body took  \nup almost half of the living space that she used to think was massive. Her wings, even as pressed  \ntogether as tight as she could still made full contact with the wall that was a good handful of feet away  \nfrom her. She cringed at the feeling.  \nAs her view returned back to Kane, she saw the pure look of terror he had upon his face. Immediately  \nshe felt that familiar pain within her chest. His body was shaking heavily once again and his eyes were  \nwide darting between her claws and teeth. He had locked up at the sight of her, his mind solely focused  \non the creature in front of him not the person.  \n“Kane it's… It's me.\" She meekly spoke as the pain of being an object of terror seeped into her voice. “I…  \nI won't hurt you.\"  \nKane heard the words and blinked a couple times and made eye contact with Carmen. Immediately the  \nshaking simmered and his form relaxed. “Y- Yeah… you're… yeah…\" He took multiple deep breaths  \nattempting to slow the pounding heart that Carmen could hear. “I'm… I'm hungry.\"  \nCarmen winced. “Oh… I- I ate all the ribs… I didn't mean to but I… I was really hungry.\"  \nKane froze at the insinuation of eating but took a deep breath and pushed past. “I- it's okay, you're…\"  \nHe stopped and looked upon her body again. “You're… really big… you need to eat a lot.\"  \nHe made one more anxious glance towards her as he stumbled towards the kitchen. “I- I think we still  \nhave some sandwich meat left.\"  \nCarmen followed as quietly as she could, doing anything she could think of to not be intimating, her long  \nneck was craned down low her wings were pulled in tight. Though with every step she could hear her  \nthump of her steps or her claws tapping against the hard wood floors, and her tail was constantly  \ndragging behind her as a constant drone. Hell, even her heavy breathing was significantly louder than  \nanything that a human could make. There was truly nothing she could do.  \nKane walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge, wordlessly grabbing the mayo, ham and cheese  \nfrom the fridge, then bread from the cabinet. He placed the ingredients upon the marble counter top  \nand began the process of making a sandwich. Carmen cringed as she saw him slather the meat with  \nmayo haphazardly, an audible gag catching within her throat.  \nKane jumped at the sound as his eyes darted towards her standing in the doorway. Once again, he froze  \nat the sight of her before he forced words. “W- What?\"  \n“Oh- It's uh… the mayo.\" Carmen replied.  \n“Wh- What?\" He asked before realization dawned on him. He looked back towards the sandwich as he  \nwent from pure terror to a soft smile as a bit of normalcy returned. “R- Really, this again? It's not that  \nbad.\"  \nHis shaky voice was shifting to something more casual as Kane raised the jar up into the air, motioning it  \ntowards her, while pointing to the label with the knife. “This is the good stuff too… You probably haven't  \neven tried this brand yet!\"  \n“Probably not… but…\" Carmen blushed under her scales, and looked away. “I… I just don't get how you  \nlike it… It sticks to the top of my mouth and tastes like slime.\"  \nKane laughed, he genuinely laughed as Carmen spoke. A spark of hope ignited within her chest as the  \nsound came, maybe this could work? Though that spark was immediately snuffed as his beautiful green  \neyes looked back upon her and like before he locked up with fear. He ripped his eyes away and returned  \nto the sandwich. “S- Sorry.\"  \nThe process of making the sandwich was a silent one, a silence that neither Kane nor Carmen dared  \nbreak. Both of them were fully lost in thought and kept their gaze towards the ground or their actions.  \nThe only sound permeating the dense air was the occasional metallic clack of Kane cleaning his knife or  \nputting dishes in the sink. Carmen let her vision fall towards the ground. Was she still herself?  \n“Oh… wow y- you really were hungry…\" Kane's voice broke the silence causing Carmen's gaze to dart up  \ntowards him. “E- Even the bones?\"  \nKane stood not far from where he had been making the sandwich, but instead of facing the counter, he  \nnow faced the absolutely decimated metal tray that she had visited not long ago. Though, the counter  \nwas still coated in barbecue sauce the tray was mostly clean. Carmen sunk back in her haunches at the  \nsight. “I… I was hungry…\"  \n“I- It's… fine.\" Kane said as he reached for the tray.  \n“No no! I got it I…\" Carmen began as they both dove for the metallic pan, both of their arms reaching for  \nthe metal tray. Though Carmen was not used to either the size or weight of her body, and in the act of  \nreaching for this tray, she very quickly knocked herself off balance. Her eyes went wide as she realized  \nher only path now, was right on top of Kane.  \n“OH-\" Kane yelled as she toppled atop him easily knocking him off his feet and onto the ground. She felt  \nboth of his hands wrap around her neck as she followed him. With a loud thump both of their bodies  \nslapped against the tile floor of the kitchen.  \nImmediately Carmen pushed away feeling the pieces of Kane's sandwich roll off her back. “I'm- I'm so  \nsorry! I- I was- I didn't mean…!\"  \nKane's face was frozen in a constant grimace, like he was waiting for something to happen. Though that  \nsomething never came, he opened his eyes to see Carmen looking upon her with concern. “A- Are you  \nokay? I- I'm sorry I was…\"  \nImmediately his breathing doubled in speed as his eyes darted for escape. He shakily rose to his feet and  \nstumbled into a run down the hall. The thumping steps of his panicked escape echoing throughout the  \nempty house. Carmen instinctively jumped for him as he began to run, to him from leaving her again,  \nthough that made it so much worse. The terror within was plain to see, only pure unadulterated panic  \nwithin his eyes as he flew away from her.  \n“Kane!\" Carmen yelled after him as he darted throughout the house, but her only response was the  \nslamming of the bathroom door.  \nCarmen sat in silence as she stared at where Kane once stood. In one single span of events, she went  \nfrom feeling the beginnings of normalcy straight back to step one. Kane was terrified of her, and though  \nhe kept trying he couldn't see past her form. She still didn't blame him, who could? He was forever  \nscarred by something that resurfaced with a glance towards her. Her mind was made, she shuffled her  \nway towards the bathroom where Kane hid for one last conversation.  \nThe door was closed with light bleeding through the edges. The sound of Kane's hushed rapid breathing  \ncoming through the door, with the smell of salty tears seeping as well. “Kane… I…\" She began, listening  \nintensely as his breathing lightened.  \n“I'm so sorry.\" Emotion flowed through her voice in a way she couldn't stop. She'd be crying if she could.  \n“I- I wish… I wish you didn't have to deal with this.\"  \nHer gaze bounced between the door and the different memories within her house, the nice TV, the  \ncouch the table, everything that she had placed so haphazardly. Carmen's hope for a return to the norm  \nwas beginning to fade. “And I'm scared, cause' I don't know what what's happening, or why it's  \nhappening, or if it'll ever even go back to normal.\"  \n“I love you, I truly do, but I don't think I can stay… I'll- I'll find something, but I…\" Carmen gathered her  \nwords, her thoughts from the past hour or so forming her sentences. “I just want you to be happy, and  \nwith me being what I am, I- I don't think… I don't think you can do that.\"  \n“So, I'll just…\" She began as she turned away from the door and began to make her way to entrance  \nway. He'd be happier without her, she reasoned. She didn't think about what she would do afterwards,  \nor where she would go, none of those things mattered. All that mattered in this moment was that he  \nwas happy.  \nThe front door was easily the oldest part of the whole house. Carmen's father had a whole deal about  \nbuilding doors for his kids and he built her one. It was beautiful, a lacquered wood with an intricately  \ndesigned rose filled vase engraved upon it, a direct reference to the roses that she had gifted Kane on  \ntheir first date. Her father made the door as a 'reminder to her love'.  \n“W- Wait! Carmen, I-!\" A weak raspy voice rose from within the bathroom. Carmen's head snapped to it,  \nthat hope within blossoming once again. The door swung open to reveal Kane shaking heavily in the  \ndoorway. “Don't l-!\" He froze at the sight of her in the morning lit room.  \n“G- God D- Dammit…\" He cursed himself as he slammed his eyes closed while taking deep paced  \nbreaths. “I… Please… don't leave…\" He said between shaking breaths. “I- I don't want… I don't want you  \nto l- leave.\"  \n“I- I'm scared, sure, b- but I… I hear your voice and I see you… well- what you used to look like. Then I  \nlook at you and I-\" Kane said as he pushed his lids together.  \nCarmen began to ramble as the possible solutions in her head fell out through her mouth. “I'll… I'll figure  \nsomething out- I'll leave and I'll find something to make me normal again and I- I'll be me again and  \nwe'll…\"  \n“W- What if you… don't? We- We don't know what caused this, what if it's permanent?\" Kane sighed  \nwith shaky breath. “I- if you leave to… to find some way to turn back, I- I don't know if I'll ever see you  \nagain and-\"  \n“And t- the last thing I want is you leaving me forever, es- especially if you're-\" Carmen shifted in place  \nat the words, causing her tail and claws to clack against the ground. Kane immediately stopped talking.  \nKane visibly bit his lip and took more deep breaths. “I'm imagining you- eh, old you- in front me of right  \nnow, but I guess…\"  \nHe took a couple more deep breaths, Carmen could hear his heartrate slowing. Then he opened his  \neyes. Immediately he froze as the sight panicking once again, but he closed his eyes again and caught his  \nbreathing. “God- I- I can't do this- just-\"  \n“That's why I n-\" Carmen began before Kane cut her off.  \n“Don't you dare leave… please!\" Kane snapped as his emotions peaked. “I- I'd never forgive myself I- if  \nyou left because of me.\"  \nHe took deep breaths again as his body began to shake once more. “O- okay, you gotta throw me in the  \ndeep end, get… get closer to me… like within touching distance, I- need to be…\"  \n“Are you sure?\" Carmen responded.  \nKane was silent for a couple seconds, his body calming. “No, but it's worth a shot, right? L- Like when I  \nmade you r- ride that roller coaster, and I told you to close your eyes till we got to the end of the line?\"  \n“I… I still hate you for that… but… I mean, it did work.\" Carmen said with bated breath.  \n“Then come over here, and I'll- I'll try not to scream too loud.\" Kane's voice shook heavily as the  \ntrepidation within began to build. He was not ready for this.  \nSmall shaky steps towards Kane were all that Carmen could force herself to do. From ten feet or so away  \nto eight, to six, to a point where she was just in front of him, only a couple of feet away or so.  \n“A- Are you there? I- I t- think I can h- hear you breathing…\" Kane asked extremely shakily.  \n“Yeah…\" Kane could feel the hot breath of her words as she spoke. The feeling locked him up but he  \npushed through.  \nFor Carmen everything was building to this moment. She stared at him with such a bonfire of hope  \nwithin that if it was visible it'd light up the block. Even her breaths were growing shaky as the anxiety of  \nit all began to grip her chest tightly. She waited on bated breath for his actions, was he going to leave?  \nDitch her? Did he even still love her?  \nHis eyes opened suddenly. Immediately his face pulled back as if prepared for a bite, his heart pounded  \nin his chest, nervous sweat ran down his face, and his body was basically vibrating. Despite it all, he took  \na deep breath and pushed through. Once again, he opened his eyes and caught his breath as they fell  \nupon her reptilian form. Her piercing yellow eyes burned holes into his head.  \n“I-\" Kane's voice was shaky and dry, he gulped. He blinked a couple times, as his eyes darted past her  \nface and over her body. “I- I…\"  \n“Kane?\" Carmen asked cautiously.  \nHighlighted by the rising sun, Kane stirred in a storm of emotions that showed upon his face. His eyes  \ndarted across her body like he was waiting for it all to change. The presentation of thoughts upon his  \nface was plain to see, both the raging desire to be better, and a powerful love glowed brightly through  \nthe all-encompassing darkness of fear. His body hesitated as he watched her, his feet anxiously shifted  \nin place, leaning on the back foot ready to run. It seemed, for but a moment, that Carmen would be  \nback to step one with Kane.  \nThough that was not the case, as catching both Carmen and himself off guard, Kane took a wobbling  \nstep forward and threw his arms around her neck. Carmen could only grunt from the surprising weight  \nupon her body before leaning into the loving embrace. The feeling of his arms was dulled by the thick  \nscales upon her back but the warmth of his body and the love in his grasp came through all the same.  \nUnintentionally she twisted her long neck around the back of his body, doing what one would consider a  \nhug for her now. Tears began to roll off her scales as she could feel Kane's breathing choke up. “I- I am  \nso… so sorry.\"  \nCarmen responded quickly in a hushed tone. “No, no you're fine, you were just-\"  \nKane ignored her; his voice grew more confident with every word. “Y- You're going through all of this  \nand I'm stuck on some stupid tragedy that happened almost twenty years ago.\"  \nCarmen moved to respond again but didn't get the chance.  \n“B- But you're not the rabid lizard I… I keep seeing in my head, you are so… so much better than that!  \nYou're Carmen.\" Kane's tears fell hard as he continued. “And, I love you, Carmen. I love you so much.\"  \nWith that Verbal gut punch, Carmen felt her restrained emotions flare. Everything that she had been  \nholding in sparking so violently. The wave of guilt, fear, sadness, loneliness, and regret at building to a  \npoint that could not be held within her flimsy mental walls. All at once the structure burst away, leaving  \nher to lean in heavily to the hug. Never before had she wished she could cry, the emotions felt stuck  \nwithin her, without an out.  \nUntil a rumbling groan of a noise emanated from within her, like water crashing into a soft pebble  \nbeach. At first it caught her off guard, but the feelings that came were like crying, so she didn't dare  \nstop. Kane jumped at this noise at first as well, but it was clear he understood the meaning as he rubbed  \nher neck.  \n“I will never leave you.\" The fear in Kane's voice had drifted to something much smaller than before,  \nnow overwhelmed by a powerful love. “And I will never stop loving you, not while I brea-\"  \nHis words were cut off suddenly, causing Carmen's eyes to blink open and focus open him.  \n“What the… Oh my god, the sandwich.\" Kane said.  \n“What-?\" Carmen began only to pivot around and see Kane's small hand covered in Mayonnaise. “Oh-  \nI'm sorry I rui-\"  \n“No…\" Kane laughed as he turned back towards her. “It's fine! I can make another one, come on let's…  \nlet's get you cleaned up, I think there are some clean rags in the kitchen.\"  \nCarmen followed hesitantly as Kane wandered off past the bathroom and into the kitchen. Was this it?  \nWere they back to normal now? She took cautious steps forward as Kane pulled a hand towel out of one  \nof the drawers and set on the counter. Though once again upon sight of her froze for one tiny painful  \nmoment, but with a deep breath, the fear was stifled once more.  \nKane stopped for a moment letting his beautiful green eyes run across Carmen and explore her visually,  \nthis time without the intense backdrop of fear. Carmen waited for the gasp of fear, or the flinching or  \nthe trembling and though it came, Kane quelled it as quickly as it appeared. His eyes looked over her and  \neventually stopped around her middle.  \n“Jesus, it's all over your… shoulder.\" He said with a smile as he moved over towards her. “Here… let  \nme…\"  \nHe reached over her shoulder awkwardly trying to grab the pieces of bread and meat that still stuck to  \nher side. Carmen soft smiled as she shifted her weight to help him reach.  \n“Oh, uh, thanks!\" He said his brow furrowed for a moment.  \nKane picked the pieces of the decimated sandwich and threw them in the trash with a huff. “It did look  \nlike a really good sandwich.\"  \n“And you had to go and ruin it with mayo.\" Carmen replied more out of instinct then anything.  \nKane huffed as he licked his finger. “You never know, maybe if you tried it, you might accidentally like  \nit!\"  \nCarmen sat stunned at his action. “Did you just…? You don't know what's been on that!\"  \nKane laughed and gave Carmen a coy smile. “It looks clean to me.\"  \nCarmen stared at Kane with wide eyes, the corners of her mouth curling upwards. Was it finally back to  \nnormal? As she asked herself that, Kane casually walked over, shifted her head up to his and gave her a  \nsmall kiss right below the nose slits. Carmen's insides melted as the fear of rejection was blasted away,  \nand left in the dust was the intense fiery love that she had been missing. She just smiled teeth barred  \nwith the feeling inside.  \nThough the emotion was tempered quickly as Kane caught a glance of her toothy grin and went pale for  \nbut a moment. Quickly closing his eyes and shaking his head to look back at Carmen's now hurt face.  \n“Hey, no! You… You just caught me off guard is all! I...\"  \n“Yeah… Just…\" Carmen began.  \nWithout words, Kane leaned back over and gave her another kiss, causing her restrained smile to erupt  \nonce again, this time not dampened by Kane's fearful reaction. “There!\"  \nKane's smile continued as he grabbed the rag off the counter, rinsed it with water, took a deep breath  \nand turned back towards Carmen. “If you wouldn't mind again…\" He spoke motioning for her to lean  \nover.  \nCarmen flinched at the question and lowered back down. “S- Sorry.\"  \nKane just laughed as he ran the cool rag across her scales. A shiver ran through her body as the rag hit  \nher scales. The feeling was extremely soothing. It was like scratching an itch that she never knew she  \nhad. The feeling of his hand running across her rough scales with a cool fresh rag it didn't feel anything  \nlike before. She closed her eyes as the soothing feeling filled her mind, it was overwhelming or anything,  \nit was just nice to sit in the moment. Carmen couldn't have felt happier, all of the worry and anxiety that  \nhad built up within her was being washed away with every wipe of the wash cloth.  \n“Does that feel good?\" Kane's voice came from the darkness around her.  \nIt took a moment for Carmen to recognize the sound as words. “Yeah…\" Her voice was trailed by a hint  \nof a reptilian trill.  \nKane took a moment to respond. Yet, she could hear the smile in his voice. “I'm glad.\"  \nKane kept going for what felt like hours. He moved the rag all across her neck and her back, running  \nacross her wings. She felt him touch parts of her body she hadn't even realized she had, there was some  \nfleshy membrane sitting upon her back that trailed all the way to her tail. It felt like her wings, yet, she  \ndidn't really care to figure out what it was.  \n“I hate to ruin the moment but I'm still hungry, and I'm pretty sure I can see myself in your scales now,  \nso…\" Kane joked.  \nThe word scales tumbling out of his mouth made Carmen internally cringe. It felt like such a foreign and  \nalien word, yet it was the word that perfectly described what he saw. Carmen just nodded, opening her  \neyes slowly to watch Kane meander back towards the counter. Her smile had still not faded.  \n“Thank you.\" Carmen spoke as Kane pulled a new slice of bread off the loaf.  \n“It's the least I could do.\" Kane responded.  \nThis sandwich took significantly less time to build than the first one, or at least it time seemed to move  \nthat way. As he finally finished, Kane turned towards Carmen with a smile and nothing more. “TV?\"  \nCarmen heart jumped as she smiled back. “Sure, anything to be around you.\"  \nThe living room of their house was quite small, all things considered. Within it's gray walls the leather  \ncouch they had been gifted sat upon a cheap yellow rug Carmen found in a thrift shop. The expensive TV  \nKane had purchased sat upon the cheapest media console you could purchase from IKEA. Though in all  \nhonesty, to the either of them, it was all they needed. Kane jumped onto the left side of the couch and  \nwith a smile, looked towards Carmen patting next to him on the couch.  \nCarmen gave a nervous look towards the much smaller than normal couch. “I don't think I'll fit, and…  \nremember the bed?\"  \n“Eh, steel frame, it'll be fine, and I can move.\" Kane said casually.  \nCarmen gave one more look as Kane repeated himself. “I don't want to sit here by myself.\"  \nWith that Carmen conceded, lifting her leg and placing it upon the leather. A glance back towards her  \nwhole body showed that she was quite a bit longer than the couch itself, but Kane's constant  \nreaffirmation only made her sigh in defeat. She placed her other leg upon the couch and quickly realized  \nthat there was no way she was going to fit the rest of her body upon it. A glance towards Kane with a  \nshrug in response made her huff in annoyance.  \nCarmen softly brought her shoulder down upon the couch and let the majority of her body coil around  \nthe front of it on the floor. The metal of the couch groaned under her transformed weight, and the  \nsound her rough scales against the nice leather was ear grating, but she was now mostly, comfortable  \non the couch.  \n“See! I- uh, I told you, it's fine.\" Kane said as he sat tightly squished between her body and the arm of  \nthe couch.  \n“S- Sorry, let me.\" Carmen said as she readjusted.  \nThe couch, Carmen, and Kane all made noises of inconvenience with every attempt of movement from  \nCarmen. Though thankfully after much shuffling and shifting, they both got to a point that could be  \nconsidered comfortable. Though the majority of Carmen's body laid in front of the couch, with her  \nshoulder being the only thing laying against the flattened cushions. The simple fact that she was too  \nlarge to fit upon what she once thought was a spacious couch did not go unnoticed by her. That feeling  \nof alienation burned through her stronger than ever.  \nKane once more glanced towards Carmen's imposing body, her entire body towered over him. “Man,  \nyou are really big.\"  \nCarmen blushed under her scales and lowered her head towards him, in a vain attempt to seem smaller.  \n“Here, come 'ere.\" Kane motioned with his hands towards his lap.  \n“You want me to…?\" Carmen questioned, raising an eye ridge.  \nKane smiled again, a coy note in his voice. “Why not?\"  \nCarmen smiled in return as she laid her heavy head upon his lap, she could hear him grunt in surprise  \nfrom the weight. Quickly after, a shiver cascaded through her body as his hands touched the new parts  \nof her body, he ran a hand across her scales, her horns, her ridges, the nape of her neck. All while her  \nhead sat as tall as his torso. The sound of the TV clicking to life echoed through the room as Carmen  \nrealized she had closed her eyes. She didn't open them though; she didn't really care for what he'd be  \nwatching this early in the morning.  \nCarmen just sat in the peace of the moment as Kane caressed her head, the image of a cat upon a lap  \nflashed through her head but she shrugged it off. The feeling was nice, that was all that mattered. Her  \nmind cleared in the peace, the dull droning of action movies, cartoons or whatever he was watching  \nacted as great background noise to lull her off to sleep.  \nShe wasn't just happy, she was ecstatic.","series":{"name":"Lover's Limit","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2055307-lover-s-limit-chapter-2.json"}}