pafp sunshine child ;; curing falconpaw.

[Fireflyglow]

After Mallowlark and Dawnglare, he turns immediately to Falconpaw and settles down a stalk of lungwort at his head. Fireflypaw's claws comb through the flower, clearing any debris from it before he pushes it into the tom's nest with a smile. "Look what they found. I told you everything would be okay." He hiccups his own tears back, biting the inside of his cheek as he sniffs at the apprentice he'd become familiar with in his den all this time. He'd gone through a lot, this one. Would this experience damage him, or make him stronger, he wonders?

"Chew it up and eat it. It's important that you swallow it." He reaffirms with a nod of his head, waiting for the sickened tom to chew up the herb and eat it. Lupinepaw wouldbe happy to see that he was okay, at least. His sisters, too. With this being done, Fireflypaw sits back and ponders how he will handle the rest of everything. The injuries, cleaning the den out to rid the filthy, disease-riddled nests, hunting for more herbs to stock up before leaf-bare. He and Dawnglare had a lot to do, didn't they?

@falconpaw! ​

SKYCLAN MEDICINE CAT APPRENTICE ✦ 15 MOONS ✦ CHUNKY, BIG-FOOTED SEAL POINT ✦ TAGS​

 

[falcongaze]

❝ STATUES AND EMPIRES✧°.☀ ————————————
The trip from Skyclan to Shadowclan had been taxing enough. He had fought off a new wave of fevers, coughs, sickness. All to see his clanmates return with the clan, all to watch his clan be driven from their home. All to share a tiny medicine den with every clan's sick, and their wounded from the rogues. These thoughts came to him- no, not thoughts, memories. These memories returned often days later. Waiting was agonizing blinks of time. He slept most of the time, barely moving and hardly breathing, the wheezing only easing when honey was forced into his muzzle by someone. He was oft unaware of who, especially as time went on.

He was pushed to his paws days after they had arrived, dragged or carried or something back to Skyclan. Across a blissfully empty Thunderpath, across a territory full of high-standing trees. He tilted his head up when he was carried across, as if he could see the falcon that once attacked him. Time blurred together after that- being carried into Skyclan's camp and put into the den, and three days later, saviors arriving on their very step. With jaws full of lungwort, Falconpaw labored to stay alive, his body trembling, cold blanketing his shoulders and the breathing he had dragging out.

He was trying so, so very hard to stay alive. Starclan's vision's had not found him, and he was in minor disbelief he was dying, but in major understanding that he could easily slip away at any point. It was half of the reason he didn't pick his head up when he heard someone approach. The other half? Maybe he had accepted it already. That the journey was a lost hope, that he'd never see his friends again- Lupine, Plague. Bee. His sisters would be without him, and his sisters would have to tell his dad and- he inhaled deeply, trying to keep those thoughts out of his mind, tucking his nose under a paw.

Fireflypaw's words jolted him out of his stupor. His head picked up, energy dragging him back from the depths in surprise. His vision searched Fireflypaw's deeply for a long moment, the words not quite making sense in his brain. He tipped his gaze down towards the flower, and it caught up to him slowly, as if molasses was slowing them all down. Slowly, his mouth opened around the plant- and he began to chew like he hadn't eaten for the past seven days, his ears flattening and eyes stinging with tears. Or maybe his eyes were dry again, he didn't know.

After he swallowed, Falconpaw's vision swung up towards Fireflypaw's own. "Am I going to be okay?" Falconpaw whispered.

"SPEECH"

[penned by dallas - ☀]

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[Fireflyglow]

He listens carefully for the sound of chewing, ears perked and pointing forward as he sighs in relief. The brief sound of swallowing makes him nod in assurance, reaffirmed that he had done something right for once- eyes blinking owlishly at the younger tom below him. He asks if he will be okay, and Fireflypaw gives his best smile in response. "You'll be cured after the herbs kick in. We have the journey cats to thank for that." He meows softly, leaning his head down to bump his forehead against Falconpaw's own in reassurance.

Then, he stands up, shuffling through his den like a badger before he lifts up a wad of wet moss and carries it over to the tom. "Drink, it'll wash down the funky taste. You'll be able to return to your duties in a few days. As soon as you feel well enough to walk, get yourself something to eat from the fresh-kill pile." He is stern in his order, but his tone is gentle and calm as he sets the moss down at Falconpaw's feet. This would keep him hydrated, as well.

"I've cured Dawnglare and Mallowlark, they're recovering as well. Visitors are okay as long as they don't flood the medicine den. You can sit outside of it and chat if you'd like. If you can stand up." ​

SKYCLAN MEDICINE CAT APPRENTICE ✦ 15 MOONS ✦ CHUNKY, BIG-FOOTED SEAL POINT ✦ TAGS​

 

[falcongaze]

❝ STATUES AND EMPIRES✧°.☀ ————————————
Fireflypaw watched over him carefully, and for that, Falconpaw was extensively grateful. He knew damn well that if it hadn't been for the older apprentice, he would have never survived. That thought was chilling alone. His eyes squeezed shut at the taste of the herb still lingering in his throat, but he leaned into Fireflypaw's touch. "I'll be... loathe to thank Cherrypaw." He said softly, a spark of hope among the dim- his humor was at least returning.

Then Fireflypaw was moving, and his blue eyes blinked, watching him slowly return. He nodded his head quietly, leaning his head down against the moss and drinking as deeply as he could manage right now. His throat still itched and his body fucking ached, but the lungwort was soothing his nerves already, it seemed. "I'll... be out in the sun as soon.. as I can." He said, lifting his head back towards Fireflypaw. A thought brushed him then, ears lowering and head inclining quietly. "... Thank you. I mean it." Falconpaw said softly, his tone thick of emotion.

"SPEECH"

[penned by dallas - ☀]

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