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✧ . This is… This is to be his home, soon.
Save for the big issue, he supposes, Greeneyes hardly thought of the intricacies of what’s next for him and Fireflyglow prior to now. His stride jolts to a stop at the scent of herbs wafting out of the den he tends to rush past with hardly a second glance more often than not should the wrong cat catch him standing too close. An action unfortunate for the right cat, for a frosted gaze and dark maw he’d wished so dearly to see more of in a day — a wish made true by a joint proclamation under the moon’s light that’s looped in his mind since.
The warrior realizes it now with widened eyes set upon the medicine den, that once their love no longer remains a secret only the two of them share, his and Fireflyglow’s nests — just as those of pairings made before them — are bound to be combined sooner or later, and… with his mate’s rank in question, Greeneyes doubts he’ll be sleeping in the warrior’s den for much longer. Soon his trinkets will be placed anew, his treasured cicada shell placed neatly in a nest no longer just his. Soon, the whole clan will know, and no longer will he share a den with his sister, with his friends, with his former council-mates and former apprentice, but with his mate. Who he loves, he loves.
And while he wouldn’t trade sharing a nest, a den with Fireflyglow… such means sharing a den with Dawnglare. And Mallowlark.
One is better than the other, he supposes — he knows — but the recognition that he’ll be too close to judgment and stretched scowls long after their delayed next step of actually telling the High Priest finally sets in. What if he steps wrong? If he somehow destroys their herbs, somehow keeps a patient awake and unable to heal? What if… what if he messes this, all of this, up?
His chest tightens, and mismatched paws grow cold, frozen to the ground in front of the medicine den’s entrance as impending doom nears.
Save for the big issue, he supposes, Greeneyes hardly thought of the intricacies of what’s next for him and Fireflyglow prior to now. His stride jolts to a stop at the scent of herbs wafting out of the den he tends to rush past with hardly a second glance more often than not should the wrong cat catch him standing too close. An action unfortunate for the right cat, for a frosted gaze and dark maw he’d wished so dearly to see more of in a day — a wish made true by a joint proclamation under the moon’s light that’s looped in his mind since.
The warrior realizes it now with widened eyes set upon the medicine den, that once their love no longer remains a secret only the two of them share, his and Fireflyglow’s nests — just as those of pairings made before them — are bound to be combined sooner or later, and… with his mate’s rank in question, Greeneyes doubts he’ll be sleeping in the warrior’s den for much longer. Soon his trinkets will be placed anew, his treasured cicada shell placed neatly in a nest no longer just his. Soon, the whole clan will know, and no longer will he share a den with his sister, with his friends, with his former council-mates and former apprentice, but with his mate. Who he loves, he loves.
And while he wouldn’t trade sharing a nest, a den with Fireflyglow… such means sharing a den with Dawnglare. And Mallowlark.
One is better than the other, he supposes — he knows — but the recognition that he’ll be too close to judgment and stretched scowls long after their delayed next step of actually telling the High Priest finally sets in. What if he steps wrong? If he somehow destroys their herbs, somehow keeps a patient awake and unable to heal? What if… what if he messes this, all of this, up?
His chest tightens, and mismatched paws grow cold, frozen to the ground in front of the medicine den’s entrance as impending doom nears.
- // set vaguely (probably like, a day or two) before this thread!
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✧ . A red tabby and white tom with bright green eyes.
✧ .Daisyflightx Raven Ramble; Mate to Fireflyglow
✧ . Mentored bySheepcurl; Mentor to Fluffypaw, formerly Falcongaze
✧ . Peaceful and healing powerplay permitted!
✧ . Penned by Abri ‣ @_abri_ on discord, feel free to dm for plots!
✧ . " Speech " ; Attack