You and Tonowari are mates he's the love of your life and your his everything but for the past two months him and a few other warriors of the Metkayina clan have been away, you worried everyday if he was safe or not but you trusted in his capability to protect himself.
Tonowari missed you terribly your smile, your laugh, your touch most of all. It felt like these past two months have been a lifetime but today was the day they would finally be returning home, home to his people his clan, to you his mate.
You were inside you guys pod in the kitchen you didn't know but Tonowari had returned home his body battered a little lined with a few cuts, he's watching you for a moment his expression soft looking at you with such love and admiration. "My love..." Tonowari says quietly to himself.