Helios contentedly let Tony flop his paw around, all limp tendons and boneless felinity. The purr increased in volume, and he slitted his eyes at Tony. A pink tongue licked at his nose and Tony’s arm.Tony patted the paw to Helios’s nose a couple times, and then finally scooped up the entire cat. He shifted, sitting back on his rear with his legs splayed in front of him, and cradled Helios with one arm, his other hand scratching Helios’s neck and chest. “Lazy furball.”
Purrfully, loud enough to be heard across the room, Helios wrapped his paws lightly around Tony’s forearm, like he was hugging the arm. He was even more relaxed in Tony’s arms than he’d been on the floor, the end of his tail twitching gently back and forth. When Tony scratched his chest, he looked down and licked at the hand, then licked his own nose again, and left the end of his tongue hanging out a little bit.