Mark moved silently (cat paws were very quiet, even if he wasn't particularly trying to be quiet) to the bedroom he shared with Danielle. He saw Danielle standing before the mirror, and was suddenly struck with something he hadn't had time to realize since the change.
His wife was beautiful.
"Flowers are pretty." she was saying to herself, not realizing that Mark was standing just outside the door.
"No, you are." Mark blurted out. "You're beautiful."
Danielle quickly turned around. "Oh Mark. I'm so sorry."
Mark quickly closed the distance between them and took his wife in his arms. "Sorry about what? Sorry about this? There was nothing you or any of us could do about it."
"No, I'm sorry about the person I was. I was never really the husband and father you and the kids deserved. Always trying so hard to be a man. And look what it got me." She smiled through her tears.
"It's OK, it's OK." Mark repeated. He stroked his wife's back fur and she began to purr. Mark bent down to kiss her tear-streaked face, although getting their lips together was definitely different, with no projecting noses to maneuver around.
"I don't know what's going to happen to us." Danielle stated. "Maybe we'll wake up tomorrow and we'll be back to our old selves. But I don't want to ever go back to being the person I was, even if we somehow find a way to turn back. I don't know how you feel about the change, but right now I just want to be your wife, if you'll let me."
So this is what male desire feels like, Mark thought. It was different, but even more compelling than what he had felt as a woman. He began to stroke Danielle's nipple in a way that was unmistakeable. "Oh Danielle, I love you. I always have. It's OK."
So this is what female desire feels like, Danielle thought. Mark's arms felt so strong and wonderful, and her whole body was responding to his touch. "Oh God Mark, I don't know if I'm ready for this."
"Do you want me to stop?"
"Oh God no, I really think I feel like a woman now but I don't know if we should be rushing into this."
"You know we don't have to do anything if you don't want to." Mark reassured her. He felt his whole body throb with desire, and really hoped that she wanted to make love.