someone as good as you | rabbitnose

[Sunfreckle]

Being free from the nursery meant he was back to normal duties and sleeping in a nest with his mate in the warrior's den. It meant having to shove Rabbitnose off him every morning, longlimbed tom with his clingy nature, just to get up onto his feet and prepare for the morning. It meant no longer being able to eat first, which was fine with him given he could do to lose a pound or two he'd packed on during his time with the kits. It meant having to shake of the rust and get back into things, pick up his own personal training again, practice his stalking and crouching near where clanmates might offer critique. It meant a lot of things...but it meant he was also sometimes so busy that he and Rabbitnose didn't often get to spend time together but for once he finally had a moment to breath at the same time as the blue spotted tom did. Cheerfully he padded over, lopsided steps and tail rose high behind him like a plume of fire, a grin across his maw only slightly obscured by the thrush he held. "Want to eat together?"
It felt childishly silly to ask his own mate that, like an apprentice with a first crush, but from the very first day they met he'd been smitten with the other. He could remember huddling under a rotted log shivering in spring rain and terrified of the world that had been so vicious to him the moment he left his shelter's cage. Rogues had chased him from the two-leg place into the surrounding forest and he might have sat there paralyzed with fear the entire night had blue eyes not peered curiously down into his hiding place to greet him.
In a small way, Rabbitnose was also the reason he had started so late on learning how to adapt to clan life, the other had always been the main protector and hunter and Sunfreckle had initially been fine to let him do so. But now? Now he could feel his once soft claws had hardened, tough as stone and sharp as talons. He'd hunted before, successfully...more times than he ever expected himself to do. He'd become less of a liability and more of a provider now and he thrived in it.

- @Rabbitnose
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[Rabbitnose]

He loved his clan. Each and every cat that lived here was like family to him. Joining was the best decision he had ever made. He would likely never stop mourning Emberstar and her bright, kind smile.

Thunderclan was struggling right now. He had kept up his duties and tried to keep up his usual kind and energetic appearances, but he was weary. Exhausted from grief and worry.

When Sunfreckle bounced up to him, everything faded. Every bit of stress melted away, replaced by joy and love. Sunfreckle was the light and love of his life. They were practically made for each other, with how fast they fell in love. He wouldn't have anyone else at his side, ever. Nobody else could make his heart jump, make his fur prickled, warm his face like him. Nobody could make his heart soar like him.

"Of course, love!" He said cheerily, hopping to meet him and nuzzle into his neck. "We hardly ever get to have a moment to ourselves, aside from at night!"

And that made him sad. If it were up to him, they would cuddle all day.

"How have you been? Enjoying your freedom still?" He asked.

Sunfreckle was going absolutely insane in that nursery and when he was finally free, he was unstoppable. He was wild and free!!

He didn't plan on putting him back in there any time soon. He had grown so much... Become stronger, hunting on his own, he was so proud of him.
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[Sunfreckle]

The red tabby turned to push his face into Rabbitnose's neck in turn, happy that for once no one was around to pick fun at his affection. It was all in good fun, but sometimes he wanted to love on his mate without an audience making commentary and privacy was very difficult to find in the clan.
"Clan life is busy!" And it was, but he found it was less tiresome than he once thought and a little more rewarding. He'd struggled with feeling like a burden at first, constantly failing to accomplish even menial things like hunting and having to rely on Rabbitnose, but now they could just enjoy living as proper warriors without the dappled tom having to provide for them both. Now Sunfreckle was equally capable and their kits were growing more every day, learning much quicker than he had thankfully.
"Of course, I'm glad to be moving again. It's nice...I even have an apprentice now too." Something he never thought he'd be trusted with. "Sometimes I do miss it a bit though. Not enough to want to go back, but I liked having the kits all together and close by. Now they have their own mentors." A light laugh rose up from his chest as he settled down to get comfortable, "Poor Wolfwind got both Frecklepaw and Sparkpaw, she'll have her paws full. I do like Silverlightning having Mousepaw though...maybe he can get her to burn some of that energy."
The calm and sensible tom was a good mentor for his loud and bold young daughter, might help instill a sense of responsibility into her that Sunfreckle had been unable to do when she was a kit, mostly because he wanted them to enjoy being kits for as long as possible.
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