Mark me

WAS this the doing of her heat or was she just losing her mind? 

The release came and she breathed rapidly, trying to come down from her high. He ran his wet fingers across her flat belly, playfully drawing a circle around her belly button. "Pretty, your belly button is cute." 

But she couldn't even answer him, despite hearing his words clearly. All she could do was smile dazedly to herself, amused that he found her mere belly button cute. "You're very beautiful, wife." 

"Am I?" She mumbled in heavy breaths and his eyes rose to her face, a nod coming from him. "Very much. I adore you." 

"Val…" She rasped and pulled his head down with a handful of his hair. "Don't say it like that to me. You'll make me cry." 

He couldn't understand why his words would make her cry and all he could do was kiss the tip of her nose, saying, "Call me like that again." 

"…Val?"