pafp SAME OLD DULL ROUTINES / lecture + intro

[Addersnap]

ooc: please wait for @BEARCLOUD! <3 this is his intro (family drama moment!!)

The frost that clung to the air could not reflect the mood between the two brothers more than it did now, Addersnap sat in front of Bearcloud with lowered ears and an even lower posture. His usually prideful stance was now slumped over, his shoulders lax and lips placed in a pouting manner. His lazy, half-lidded eyes were now narrowed from annoyance, anger slowly rising inside of him like humidity.

It was embarrassing to be lectured in the camp clearing, even if it was off to the sidelines were others may not peek their noses into. He was getting told off about how he needed to be more cautious, to stop overworking himself and now his new apprentice to the brink of exhaustion. Who was he, really, to be telling him how to act when Bearcloud abandoned him during his apprenticeship? When they were beginning to see that leaf-bare was a moon or so earlier than expected, needing all paws at any given time?

Addersnap kicked his front paw at a rock, which rolled next to Bearcloud's paw as he droned on with such needless babbling. The other tom spoke of his egotisical attitude, the way he had been carrying himself in front of others and how he needed to lower the facade. It wasn't warrior-like, he said. Well, he wasn't an apprentice anymore, so Bearcloud couldn't tell him what to do -- or, or how to act!

Yet here he sat, cowering, his gaze dejected and nerves swirling in his stomach. "I git 't already, Bearc-c- cloud!" Addersnap finally stood up, lashing his feather-adorned tail as he faced his brother. "Y- ya don't gotta 'ell it ta everyon'!" Why was Bearcloud now trying to be his older brother, trying to be there for him when he was needed? He didn't need anyone to look out for him. He graduated all on his own, without Bearcloud, without Elkthistle. Without his parents. "Why can't ya jus' leave me alone?" The young warrior snapped, yellow eyes flared like an engulfing fire. Why couldn't his family just let him be?​

 

[BEARCLOUD]

Though his younger brother was already three months into his warriorhood, Bearcloud could not find it in him to use Addersnap's given suffix.

Not out of disrespect, of course. His brother's name was given fairly, as decided when he reached the right age, passed his training. Instead, when his green eyes laid upon Addersnap, he remembered being his age. A new warrior himself, about 15 moons old, meeting that squealing young kitten for the first time. The little family he'd once had with his parents and siblings all shattered away like an icicle dropping onto stone.

Bearcloud tried his best, despite it all, but he was met with nothing but venom-laced fangs piercing at his gentle (stern maybe, he'd admit that) words and soft-pawed attempts at guidance as the young one grew older. Bearcloud had trouble using Addersnap's warrior name, but that didn't mean it didn't suit him.

Tucked away from the camp's center, Bearcloud still tried even if he knew he was standing in the maw of a snake's den. Addersnap was so… reckless. He was like a mouse with its tail on fire, running and running in circles but refusing to find water to douse it. Instead, he'd much rather see himself burnt to a crisp and let his ashes blow away in a gust. And Bearcloud couldn't have that, not at all! So, he sat across from his brother, attempting to raise his head high and give him that same gentle but stern talking to, with just the right amount of disapproval in his eyes, that their parents had neglected to say instead.

"I'm just saying…" Bearcloud continued despite his brother's protest, eyes catching the rolling pebble as it tapped his paw. He spoke in a lowered voice, enough that other cats could only listen in if they tried. He wasn't one for public shame, but he at least hoped Addersnap'd be more likely to behave in a crowd instead of alone. "One of these days, you're gonna exhaust yourself, and if you keep up your antisocial schtick, who'll you have to fall back on?"​

 

[Addersnap]

ooc: this is open :D! feel free to have your character be the person he's snapping at :p
To Addersnap, it was obvious to him how their mother's affair rocked his brothers to the core. The way they distanced themselves from him, the whispers shared with their father as his resentful gaze lay rested on the young boy. Why was their father so jealous, so upset with a kit when his mate was the one who had broken his trust, his heart? Was it all their father's fault that his brothers never talked to him, were never there for him when he needed them at his weakest?

Fur bristling, the words that left his maw reflected so well the reason why he had received the name that he did much to Bearcloud's dismay. "'M supposed ta have you, Bearcloud." Hissed through clenched teeth, he trembled in place trying to keep himself from exploding in the middle of camp. Bearcloud sure knew how to make him feel cornered. "You 'n' Elk'histle 'ere s'pposed ta be there fo' me, Bear..." His voice goes silent for a moment as his pelt prickles, feeling the searing judgmental gaze of a bystander deep in his skin. Lifting his head to meet their gaze, he growled defensively. "Whatta're you lookin' at? Th.... Ttt-thhhuh... 'his doesn' havta do which'ya!"​