Restless
T’Challa in his tiger form, prowls around the forest on the outskirts of Wakanda, looking for anything to let out his excess energy on. Something to work out his frustration on. He had thought going for a run in his tiger form would help but it didn’t. No, the tiger was too busy obsessing over Tony and was wanting to get back to his fellow feline shifter. But he couldn’t do that. Not when both sides of him were worked up like this.
Tony had told him no to being courted, and while he wished to know why so he could counter the argument, he needed to respect the man’s decision. And he did, but at times like this, his self-control and decent side was barely keeping reigns on his desire to mate with the engineer. To show Tony just how good it would be to be with T’Challa.
No. He would never force himself on anyone, let alone Tony. Even his tiger side understood that was wrong. But damned if it didn’t want to show off for him. Which come to think of it, is probably why he was out in the forest looking for something to hunt.
Can provide. Take care of. We can be so good for him.
A rumble fills his chest cavity as he warns the more animalistic side of his brain to not go down that path. It would lead to them sleeping outside on Tony’s balcony, away from the Milaje that guard the genius at the inner doors, as close as he dares to be. Again.
Mine. Mate. Protect. Love.
Clearly the tiger didn’t care. It seemed almost delight at the prospect of sleeping outside on the balcony as it protects the man just behind them unaware of what was going on around him.
But he couldn’t do that again no matter how hard he wanted to. He would respect Tony and respect their friendship by not crossing the line again. The prince was ashamed he let himself slip that one time. Though he was comforted by the fact he didn’t go further than that. His baba even told him it was common for the animal side to crave closeness even for a solitary one like tigers when facing emotional turmoil.
He indeed had face turmoil when the love of his life turned him down. He had thought he loved Nakia, thought she was his one true love, but after getting to know Tony, he realized how sorely he was mistaken. Even his tiger knew there was a vast difference between those two and how he felt for them.
The tiger’s attention is drawn to a deer grazing, and after he scents the air, he can tell it is a normal deer and not a shifter he decides to give chance. Careful not to push the poor animal too hard and never close to capturing it. He just needed something to put his attention on and just not think for awhile. (And if it got him too tired to climb onto the engineer’s balcony, well that would just be a bonus.)