Intimacies
ShortStory 4,066 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"I have heard the humans say that sex is the most intimate act of which they are capable, and though I did not say so to their faces, I felt great sorrow for them. Demendrenna’s tail twines twice around my torso, above and below the point where my scales phase into mottled skin."
Content warnings 1
death-of-a-loved-one
Quasar links out; the story lives on Strange Horizons, where the author gets the click.