War for the planet of the Apes Caesar x reader (lemon/smut)

Our Secret

You were nervous about meeting the ape king, but you trusted Blue Eyes. He wouldn't introduce you if his father disagreed with his son dating a human. You supposed that's what this was – dating. You hadn't known him long, but the time you spent together, and the way he glanced at you–

You smiled at him, and he flashed an encouraging one back. He was undoubtedly handsome, with his earnest face and bright gaze, and you knew you weren't the only girl in your village who had an eye on the young chimp. Before the Simian Flu, it would have been impossibly taboo; but things were different now. Old mores had fallen by the wayside. Besides, these were not "just" apes.

It had been a little over a year since first contact was between your rag-tag group and the apes. There was mutual tension at first, but a tentative alliance had developed. While the two settlements were a decent distance apart, resources were sometimes shared, and encounters were frequent while hunting or foraging in the woods.

You'd never been to the ape colony, or met any of them aside from the handful that you'd run into in the woods. Their settlement dwarfed your village, at least four times larger both in size and population. Blue Eyes had described it to you, but still, you marvelled at the sophisticated structures and elaborate dwellings built up into the cliff. Most of the apes had already settled down for their evening meal, but there were exciting stares as you passed by, and you felt your cheeks redden at the focus on you.

As you walked side-by-side with Blue Eyes up to where a wide wooden ramp wound up the cliff-side, Ash sauntered past, nodding in greeting to you than signing to Blue Eyes with a teasing gleam in his dark face. Blue Eyes scoffed and didn't respond. You knew the two were close friends, and whatever was said must not have been unkind.

The ramp led to a vast cave, extended by a covered roof of tightly lashed branches. Gourds and herbs and dried fruits in nets hung along the walls, and a fire crackled in the shallow blackened fire pit. As you took it all in an unfamiliar ape materialised out of the cave.

'This is my father, Caesar' Blue Eyes signed.

It was poor manners to stare, but you couldn't help but be riveted by the magnificent ape before you. Vivid green eyes were intense and flecked with gold, brow stern and shoulders broad. Father and son were alike in height, but Caesar had a slight advantage and stood just an inch or two above you.

Blue Eyes was giving you an odd glance, and you tore your attention away and smiled quickly, hoping your gawking was mistaken for shyness.

"Welcome... to our home," Caesar said, in a low, rough voice. Your signing was rudimentary, and you appreciated his effort to speak aloud.

"Thank you." You paired your reply with the correct sign, and he nodded in approval.

As the three of you gathered around the fire and began to eat the fresh-roasted fish and berries, it was impossible to tear your eyes away from Caesar. It was clear where Blue Eyes got his good looks from, but his father's attractiveness was pure and undiluted, straight from the source. Caesar's features were rugged and arresting, his posture commanding and imbued with natural confidence. You felt a pang of guilt for even noticing and forced yourself to angle your body subtly away from him and towards Blue Eyes, to curb yourself from sneaking peeks.

As you were finishing your fish, a pair of young apes appeared at the cave entrance, hooting and gesturing to Blue Eyes. He scowled, and the signing between them was so swift you could hardly keep up. From what you could grasp, there was some disturbance around the perimeter to the east, and Blue Eyes was protesting being away.

I'm busy; he signed forcefully. He signed in irritation to Caesar, suspecting the summons was just a prank by his friends to annoy and embarrass him in front of you. Caesar looked amused but responded that it was technically his patrol night anyway, so he was duty-bound.