prophesied wanderings

[her_imperial_radiance]

Time passes. Well before Zeus's thirteenth birthday, he looks human-25, and then he stops, and Harley catches up; Zeus is still taller, but not by much, and burlier, but not by much.

Wolves have a lot of casual sex amongst themselves; the girl wolves can't get pregnant, and with pack telepathy it would be pretty hard to hide a secret crush. Everyone avoids getting serious - well, the lesbians don't, but any couple involving a male wolf has to avoid deep emotional entanglements that would shatter if he imprinted; the Imperial Seer helps, but she is not perfect and they will live for long enough that even a slim chance adds up. But casual sex absolutely happens. Zeus has a friend with benefits by the time he's fifteen (her name is Kitty, but she thinks this is ridiculous, and prefers "Xanthe" after her yellow fur).

He helpfully passes on to the pack that Harley thinks they are all hot; several people take advantage of this information, and Harley has more than one friend with benefits at the age of fifteen.

(Meanwhile, the masquerade is in tatters; wolves are just more convenient than looking for human partners, at least until Zeus decides he's interested in the Seer finding him a suitable imprint.)

This newfound interest does not mean Zeus and Harley don't hang out, even now that they're both sixteen. Presently, Harley is getting his ass handed to him by his wolf-reflexed sparring partner at a mo-cap fighting video game entitled Bloodsport V.

Comments

[pythbox]

Harley beams and kisses him.

[alicornucopia]

Kisses! Zeus is so on board with kisses, you have no idea.

[pythbox]

Harley has some idea!

Kisses.

[alicornucopia]

Kisses. Best thing. Best best best thing.

[pythbox]

Harley can think of some other things they could be doing that would also be pretty best!

Maybe he will suggest some. In a minute. Because right now, kisses.

[alicornucopia]

Zeus is very suggestible at this moment. Also at all future moments.

(kisses kisses kisses)

[pythbox]

Kisses kisses kisses.

[You have a faaaace,] giggles Harley. [And I am making out with you!]

[alicornucopia]

[I totally have a face! It's very important. For kissing you. Also breathing and eating and seeing and stuff.]

[pythbox]

[You should continue breathing and eating and seeing! And kissing me!] says Harley.

[alicornucopia]

[I will do all those things.]

[pythbox]

Snuggle snuggle kiss.

[You wanna go to my room and make out some more?]

[alicornucopia]

[Yes.]

Zeus chooses to interpret this as involving making out en route. He can pick up Harley pretty easily; that's not even new.

[pythbox]

Making out en route is a fantastic idea.

[alicornucopia]

Zeus has those, sometimes!

And here is Harley's room.

[pythbox]

Here is Harley's room. A lovely, lovely room.

"Hey, I haven't shown you my boobs yet," he giggles. "I haven't even shown me my boobs yet! I should do that!"

He does that.

[alicornucopia]

Zeus is appropriately fascinated.

[pythbox]

Harley beams.

He encourages interaction with his new and fascinating anatomy!

[alicornucopia]

Zeus is nothing if not responsive to encouragement.

[pythbox]

Zeus is awesome. Harley is awesome. Boobs are awesome. Everything is awesome.

[alicornucopia]

Zeus is in firm agreement with all of these evaluations.

[pythbox]

Time passes.

Zeus and Harley spend most of that time in Harley's room, except for the parts they spend in somebody's kitchen.

After about a week, Harley says to Elsie, [I feel like switching back, but maybe it'd be a good idea to ask the Imperial Seer what'll happen first.]

[her_imperial_radiance]

[I'll ask her.]

A moment later:

[Alice says the imprint will remain no matter what you turn into.]

[pythbox]

[Okay!]

"Hey," he says out loud, to the Zeus he is snuggling. "I think I'm gonna go get a pentagon from Elsie and switch back."

[alicornucopia]

Zeus play-bites at the nearest Harley body part. (It is a shoulder.) "Uh, what's gonna happen to me when you do that?"

[pythbox]

"According to the Imperial Seer, nothing exciting," he shrugs.