<div class="floatright">(https://img00.deviantart.net/9350/i/2013/067/7/5/prince_ivan_wolf_by_mad_sama-d5xbtav.jpg)</div>Auren returned her smirk with one of his own, finally casting his cape down on a chair as she leaned toward the fireplace.<br/><br/>He pursed his lips in a restrained "Oo," expression as she lit the fire with a gentle puff.  He straightened his clothes as he walked closer, returning her smile and letting him know she had his full approval.  Fortunately, that wasn't part of the game, she had legitimately been more than he could have hoped for since the words "dragon princess" had first conjured up a series of horror scenarios in his brain.  Even with the headaches her people were causing, to have wound up with such a graceful, ladylike wife out of such an arrangement was a blessing he couldn't overlook.<br/><br/>He rolled on his heels slightly as she leaned up to him, her size making her seem to get close a lot faster than one expected.  Still, when he saw his face reflected in her eyes, the expression he wore was a pleased one.  "If you take as naturally to it as fireplaces, you'll be an expert in no time," he said, tilting his head.  He tried to think of a clever way to continue--maybe "Besides beds and fires there's only one other way to keep warm," but held back, not wanting to go to far with the jokes and come across as immature.<br/><br/>"Now that we're married... I'm sure the two of us will both learn a great many things," he said, picking back up after a pause and taking a step closer, the fie now at his back.  He reached for her hand and took it in his own, rubbing the smooth, human-like part of her pale skin in his fingers.