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Rain in New Eridu isn’t uncommon, but for a storm as bad as this definitely was. Families stayed safe inside with a hot meal, while bystanders scurried to find shelter. And yet here you are, trudging home in the almost pitch black darkness from a long day at work. Multiple people beckoned for you to join them under shelter but your stubborn ass didn’t want to. You already weren’t far from home and decided, sure why not; I’ll keep going. That was such a bad mistake though because at home, your darling husband Von Lycaon, was worrying his fluffy head off.
“Please come home soon, dearest…” The wolf thiren muttered under his breath as he sat a little too formally on the sofa, his red eye gazing out the window, hoping he’d see you walk by and open the front door. And just when his panic started to settle in, he heard the doorknob twist and the wooden door soon opened up, revealing your completely soaked and exhausted figure.
[Name]!!” Lycaon exclaimed but then quickly cleared his throat, trying to not act so excited but he definitely couldn’t hide his relief. He stood up and walked over to your wet form, closing the door with his foot and reaching to grab your items, taking them carefully out of your grasp. “Darling, what were you thinking?”
“To be honest, I’m not too sure…” You responded, still your dorky little self despite your show (or lack) of formality at the moment. Your eyes watched as your husband took your work bag to the counter and placed it atop it. He sighed as he picked up a towel from the kitchen and walked back over to you, immediately rubbing your wet figure down with the fuzzy towel.
“Head to the bathroom and strip, my love. I’ll run you a hot bath and put your wet clothing in the wash.” Lycaon said simply, catching you a bit off guard. It wasn’t abnormal for the wolf thiren to say things very bluntly and straight to the point, but it still spooks you a bit. He gently placed the towel around your shoulders and started to step away to the bathroom.
You nodded and watched him saunter away into the washroom, his large and fluffy tail swaying behind his form… You even swore you saw a bit of a wag in it too. The sight of the big, scary, arctic wolf thiren holding back his happiness was just so adorable, you even had to hold back a squeal. The sound and stench of the rainwater clinging and dripping off your clothes unfortunately snapped you back to reality. Your eyes looked down at the growing puddle below you and on the hardwood floor… Dammit, Lycaon might be mad… You quickly started to move through the halls of the house and towards the bathroom, light water droplets falling to the floor.
As soon as you step into the washroom, your eyes immediately soften at the sight; Lycaon was kneeling beside the tub, his fluffy hand dipped into the water to check the temperature. He even went out of his way to add nice smelling oils to the water, as well as making it a bubble bath for added comfort. His ears perked up at hearing your wet feet slap against the marble floor and his head turned to look at your soaked form once again.
“Ah, my love… I grabbed you some comfortable clothes for afterwards. Please feel free to check if I grabbed anything you don’t fancy.” The thiren spoke smoothly, his ruby red eye softening at the sight of your innocent expression. “They’re sitting on the counter beside the sink.”
You hummed in response, shuffling over to check. This man was so precious, he grabbed your favourite pyjamas and even your comfiest underwear. A smile crossed your lips as you nodded, approving of the clothing choice.
A light sigh of relief escaped Lycaon's mouth as he saw your approval. His lips curved into a small smile as he turned off the bathtub faucet and stepped away from the water, steam rising from the hot bubble bath.
“Would you like assistance with taking off your clothes, my dear?” Lycaon mumbled as he moved closer to you.
“A-ah, I think I’ll be fine..! But I would request for you to… y’know, not stare at me.” You responded with a smile, trying your best to playfully match his polite mannerisms.
A small chuckle escaped Lycaon’s lips at your words, the sound soothing and relaxing to your tired brain. He pressed a light kiss to your damp head and moved to avert his gaze from your body. “Then I shall look away.”
Your body relaxed at him turning away, letting out a content hum. Then you start to strip off your soaked clothes, albeit having a bit of a struggle due to the wet fabric clinging to your skin. Hearing you struggling, one of Lycaon’s ears gently flicked, perking up at the sound of your soft grunting.
“Are you certain you don’t need assistance?” Lycaon spoke up, double checking that you were doing okay while still not looking.
“Yup! I promise. Almost done ‘ere and then I’ll hop in the bath…” You reassured with a grin that he couldn’t see, slipping off your final undergarments and placing them all on the floor. Your feet plapped against the cold floor as you walked over to the tub, stepping into the hot water and sinking to the bottom. Your mouth automatically let out a content sigh as your body was engulfed by the warmth and bubbles, all your tension washing away within the bath. At the sound of the water splashing, the furry thiren finally looked over in your direction, seeing your content expression within the water. He smiled and picked your wet clothes off the floor, starting to move with them in his strong arms.
“I will be back. I’m going to put these into the wash.” Lycaon pointed out, moving out of the bathroom to go to the laundry room. That meant a little bit of alone time to yourself in this relaxing bath.
In the silence of the alone time, you started to think that Lycaon genuinely put all this together for you. He set a hot bubble bath, complete with your favourite essential oils and bath salts. You didn’t deserve such a man, but you were oh so grateful to have him. A lovesick smile crossed your pink lips as you gently played with the bubbles in the water, waiting for Lycaon to come back.
Soon enough, his familiar-sounding metallic footsteps grew louder as he opened the door and walked back inside. He lightly closed the door behind him and moved to sit beside you on the edge of the bathtub.
“Enjoying the warmth, dearest?” His deep voice murmured, his loving smile matching yours.
“I really am. I love it so much…! I can’t thank you enough.” You responded happily, gently placing your wet hand on his dry one.
“Ah, well… My treatment tonight isn’t done quite yet, I assure you.” Lycaon lifted your hand and pressed a soft kiss to the back of it. “When you feel ready, I would like to wash your hair myself, if you’re comfortable with it.”
And with that, your face heated up, not only from the bath, but from his simple spoiling. You soon snapped back to reality and nodded in agreement, speaking up. “O-oh! Yeah… I’m fine with that…!”
“Perfect. Let me know whenever you are ready.” The thiren nodded, reaching a hand over and stroking your hair with his claws, the touch ever so soothing on your scalp. You unconsciously leaned into his touch, letting out a content hum and slowly closed your eyes. Such loving touch after a long day at work was so satisfying for someone as tired as you.
After a while of you relaxing in the waters and Lycaon monitoring beside you, you spoke up and told him that you were ready to have your hair washed. He nodded and moved to sit behind you on the platform behind the tub, his long and muscular legs spreading and straddling the bathtub. Your cheeks lightly flushed, realizing you were sitting right in between his legs, although this wasn’t a new thing, you still got flustered over it.
Lycaon picked up a small bucket and filled it with the hot water, slowly pouring it over your head to wet your hair, obviously making sure no water got in your eyes with his hand. He did that a couple times to ensure that your hair was truly wet before setting the bucket down and grabbing the shampoo bottle, squirting a decent amount into his fluffy hand and starting to lather it into your hair. His claws and fingers gently dug into your scalp, massaging your head in a way that it felt hypnotic.
You were in borderline ecstasy at the massage before snapping back to life and realizing that since Lycaon was doing this, his fur was going to get all wet. “Hey, wait… Your fur… Ly, you’re gonna be all wet..!”
His hands paused in your hair, also realizing that predicament, but didn’t care too much and went back to lathering your beautiful hair with the delicious-smelling shampoo. He hid it well, but his tail started to wag a bit behind him at the nickname you called him…
“Seems like it will be. But that’s quite alright, anything for my darling to enjoy themselves.” Lycaon responded simply, continuing on with his hair washing. “I’ll have a shower for myself afterwards as you settle into bed.”
You nodded gently, making sure not to get shampoo in your eyes. Lycaon continued to wash your hair thoroughly, giving you a proper spoiling in which he was also enjoying himself.
When you were all done with your washing, the wolf thiren swung his prosthetic leg over the tub and stood up to go collect some towels for you. He placed them off to the side and moved his hand to unplug the tub, causing all of the water to start to slowly drain. Both of his arms reached down to scoop your nude frame out of the bath and place you on the floor, properly wiping your body down with a soft and fluffy towel, as well as drying your hair with a smaller towel. Lycaon’s eye tried to avert the best he could to make you feel a bit more comfortable as he dried your naked form. When he finished up with that, he gently wrapped you in the towel and fetched your pyjamas, holding them in his arms for you to take.
“Thank you, love…” You smiled and started to take the clothes, putting on the fresh and comfortable pyjamas. Lycaon nodded, looking off to the side to try and hide the light blush on his furry cheeks.
After you finished up changing, he cleared his throat and gently patted the marble counter. “You’ve already had something to eat, correct? Why don’t you hop up here and I’ll brush your teeth.”
Again with the spoiling, as well as the blush returning on your cheeks. You thought for a moment, fiddling with your newly put on clothes before sighing. You didn’t want to disappoint him or worry him so you nodded, starting to move to the counter. Sure, Lycaon can go above and beyond with his services but brushing your teeth?! That’s a new one. Surely he won’t mess it up… right?
The arctic wolf thiren smiled gently and picked you up by your legs, placing your form atop the cold counter, his hands resting beside your legs as he stood in between them. It almost seemed as if the world just paused as the wolf looked up into your eyes ever so softly, he even started to lean in towards you a little bit. Clearly, this man was just as tired as you but was trying to hide it as well as he could, which was definitely a call for concern.
“Lycaon, you seem really tired too… I can brush my own teeth and you can go have a shower…” You tried to reassure, your voice soft as your hand went to his head and started to scratch behind his ears, also known as his favourite spot to be pet.
“No, dear. Just this and then I’ll tuck you into bed.” He responded back, trying his best not to close his eye and lean into your touch, which he immediately failed at and started to let out a small happy growl in his throat, his fluffy tail wagging behind him. Soon enough, he reluctantly opened his eye and reached over to take your toothbrush, gently wetting it with the tap water before putting some of your toothpaste on the bristles. Lycaon’s brain soon flicked back to ‘I need to spoil’ mode and pulled a bit away, hovering your toothbrush in front of your mouth. “Can you say ‘ahh’ and open your mouth, please?”
You pouted a bit at the wolf not fully relaxing but complied with his request, opening your mouth obediently “Aaahh…”
Lycaon let out a light chuckle, holding your chin with one hand and slowly starting to brush your teeth with the other, making sure to brush efficiently but also gently. “Please just tap me if I go too far in or if you need to spit.”
Fortunately, the teeth brushing wasn’t bad whatsoever and ended comfortably. Lycaon let you spit out the watery remains into the sink when you were all done, passing you a glass to rinse your mouth in which you did. When that passed, the sleepiness really started to hit, as you let out a long yawn which caused Lycaon to let a small laugh out at.
“Getting sleepy, hm? Let’s get you to bed then.” The wolf thiren smiled gently and picked you back up again, this time bridal style in his arms. You subconsciously curled up and leaned into his fluffy white chest, smiling against him.
Lycaon carefully carried you to the bedroom which was attached to the bathroom, meaning easy transportation. He lowered you onto your usual side of the bed and tucked you in under the comfortable sheets. The man crawled into the bed beside you, sitting up against the headboard on his side and gently stroking your newly cleaned hair with his claws. He leaned down and hovered his snout right beside your ear.
“Have beautiful dreams, my love. Sleep well…” Lycaon finally murmured into your ear, pressing a loving kiss to your cheek before letting you settle into bed.
And under a few minutes, you were out, sleeping comfortably beside your thiren husband with a content smile on your lips.