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[COSMIIX]

STARK F.

MALE — SNOWBOUNDER — HOVER FOR TAGS

[div style="background-color: #2E4053; color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; overflow: auto; width: 500px; height: 340px; padding: 10px;"]Seeing the other smile and laugh was enough to make Stark feel relieved in a way, he didn't know why but it always made him feel a bit better about himself especially if it was because of him if the other smiled and laughed even in the slightest. Hearing what Killua said next made the tiger snort "Oh, hell no. I'm already deaf enough, I'll a door just for you. How 'bout that?" A coy grin spreading over his face "That way you can knock the next time you decide to ever drop by my. . . laboratory," His claws would briefly clink against the glass of his coffee mug as he continued to take a few more sips and just lean back relaxed, his eyes half closed flicking his mostly tattered ear setting down the mug down for a moment and scratching underneath his chin with a single claw listening intently to what Killua would be telling him. He glanced towards the cave entrance looking thoughtful for a moment only to finally comment with a low chuckle "I think a nice mahogany wood door would fit nicely. Mahogany is pretty nice," The last bit was slurred out lazily as he let out a thoughtful 'hmm' as if he were truly imagining the mahogany door there already, he would drink a bit more from his coffee closing both of his eyes and taking a deep breath not uttering another word.

"When isn't it cold? And besides, you could probably make yourself something to keep you warm."

Well, it hadn't been cold the first few nights that he had been here. He had Steve's body pressed against his own those nights and the feeling of his warm breath on his neck, the memory of it made he glance down to the ground for a moment only to say with a light shake of his head offering a smile "I could but my first resource of warmth was much preferred rather than me making something new. Besides, there are some things that you can't just make when you have something much better." He continued to look at the ground before saying with another shake of his head "But, I'll survive. My species are pretty good with handling the cold. Bless natural selection," With that he would give a pat at the book that had Darwin's name written on it, he lifted his gaze turning it back towards the servalline angling both his ears forward. He often wished for those warm, intimate nights with his friend but he hadn't seen Steve as of late and it was beginning to make Stark a bit antsy even if the tiger was pretty good at hiding his emotions especially about these kind of things.

"Neh... When you called me 'son'..... did you really mean it?"

Stark Ferro being dense? Oh well, that would be a new feat but Stark wasn't blind to these sort of things and hearing Killua asking him this made him scratch under his chest making him think. He was definitely starting to put this together but he didn't utter anything about it since he didn't want to prod into the boy's privacy, he would watch the serval through slightly hardened coffee hued pools trying to figure out what the other was feeling but he could definitely detect the confusion in the other's voice. He decided to chug down all his coffee before setting it on the table and took a deep breath and would briefly brush his large paw over the reactor on his chest that was glowing quite a bit before he would finally speak with a soft sigh "Yes," There was no smile or playful light dancing in his eyes, he wasn't joking about this and just the thought of possibly playing with someone's feelings made him a bit disgusted "Even if it had slipped out, which it hadn't, I consider you one of my own." He would rub behind his neck with a large paw only to shake his head subtly "Why you might be asking? Why you of all people do I consider you as a son or let alone family?"

He would slowly rise to his paws with a flick of his tattered ear "You remind me a bit like myself as a young kid just not as grouchy. . . You're a good kid and well, ever since that day you ended up on my clans borders all fucked up. I just. . . Couldn't take it. It made me angry seeing you like that. . . I hadn't seen you in what felt like forever until now and even seeing you made me relieved. Sure, it wasn't my whole clan but seeing someone that was very familiar was so reassuring and it just made me a whole lot calmer. . . I didn't even think I'd find ya here but hey, guess fate brought us together or somethin'. Whatever the case, I missed our little insult-offs and just being cocky towards one another. . . It's not easy being cocky with someone whose the complete opposite of ya, that's for sure." The grouchy bit was more of a joke if anything and that said someone being Steve.

#psychosocial.