Nice Moment

Patchy clouds covered the stars along the horizons, and
lightening flickered in the distance, but above me the sky was mostly clear
with no threat of rain. Aside from the lightening there was little
visibility, as the moon wasn’t out yet, so it took a little while for my
eyes to adjust as I wandered out to the mares’ pen through blind
familiarity.

Eventually I was able to make out a couple large blobs
in the darkness, so I headed towards one, which turned out to be the
ever-elusive Jo standing over the ever-loveable Crystal. I did a
horse-snort as I approached so there would be no surprise (I’d nicker, but
I’m really lousy at it) and traded snuffles with them both. After petting
and whispering to Jo a bit, a settled down next to Crystal (Jo kindly made
some room for me) and put one arm over her back and leaned up against her
while I kept my other hand busy stroking her nose. We were ready to lie
there for a good while and snuggle, as we’ve done before, until Lucy came
up and broke up our little party, meaning to chase everyone off so she could
have all the attention to herself. It’s not like she’s neglected, but I
don’t want to reward her for chasing everyone else off, so I ignore her and
wander off with Crystal to another part of the pen, with Jo tagging along
behind.

I guess Lucy got the hint, at least for that time (I gave her
some fussing later), so after a bit of attention to both, a moved a few
steps away and sat down to see what they’d do, hoping Crystal would lay
back down again. Both came over and hovered over me for quite some
time–keeping watch. Heh. After a while, I reached up and lightly stroked
Crystal’s throat with my open palm, just as a “Hi!” To my surprise, she
seemed to *really* enjoy it, like I was giving her scratchies on her
itchiest spot, so I kept it up for a while longer before laying my arms on
my knees, with my chin resting on my crossed arms. Crystal snuffled me a
bit, then my hair, then surprised me by licking my back! This was
different, but I wasn’t about to argue–until she finally reached my ears;
that tickled too much, and I leaned away, laughing. I returned to my
position, my head laying sideways on my arms watching her. She kept her
head down close to me, and after a little while she slowly moved her muzzle
towards my face, finally resting her lips on my cheek and just staying that
way…

I love these guys!

Sorry, no sex this time, just
another Nice Moment.

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