Backwritten Camp sadness as a gift // littlebrook

[pineheart]

✦ It's been a long time since Pineheart… relaxed. Since he didn't look over his shoulder and tense up at the slightest noise. Since he spent more than a few minutes without worry. But now, in this moment, lounging by the side of the river in the sun, the water brushing and cooling down his paws, Littlebrook by his side, he cannot find it in himself to do any of it. Their respective kits are safe, food is plenty.

Their grief has found a home in one another, soothing and being soothed, not forgotten but no longer as painful. His heart is… full. Fuller than it ever has been. Full because his late kits are still there, as is his mate– fuller, because Torrent, Squid, Lilac, and Brook too have settled in there. Brook… he looks over at her through icy blue eyes that are somehow still warm. Maybe it's the sun.

"Don't think I've felt this relaxed since I was a kit," he says, stretching large paws out in front of him. "Could almost go for a dip. What do you say?"

haven't had a dream in a long time

see, the life i've had could make a good man go bad

• ooc: takes place before the shadowclan herb heist
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  PINE, - 49 moons / riverclan + warrior
  large brown tabby town
  adopted guardian of Torrentpaw and Squidpaw / future mentor to Torrentpaw
  healing and peaceful powerplay allowed

 

[Littlebrook]

⋆˚✿˖° I was dancing in the rain, I felt alive and I can't explain

Littlebrook laid with a certain contentness, her eyes half-lidded and her paws tucked beneath her as she basked in the little sun that was gracing their day. Her ear twitched when she heard the familiar rumble of Pineheart's voice, causing a smile to curl upon her face as she turned her head a bit, turquoise eyes settling upon the tom as the sun dappled her fur.

There was a fondness in her gaze, as if she had found something she believed had been lost. Pineheart had opened a home in her heart she thought would slowly sink away after the losing of Rain... Lilacbird, her sweet Lilacbird was grown up now. And she was ever so proud of her daughter. Torrentpaw was growing too, as was Squid! A yawn slipped past her despite herself, causing her to push herself up a bit.

" Are you challenging me to a little race? " she joked in a gentle voice, knowing that the other certainly was not doing such a thing. Wavesong, yes. She would have. Pineheart? Just wanted to enjoy the day. Then with a softer voice, she continued, her nose brushing against his cheek.

" I think a dip sounds just right. The water's calm today. Like it's finally listening. " she hummed softly as she rose to her paws, stretching out her limbs with the slow grace of someone who knew how to move. Her eyes dart to the side momentarily, trying to spot Lilacbird and finding rest only when she did. Perhaps too overprotective, perhaps too overbearing... But that was her child. She would fuss the same way over Torrent and Squid.

Then finally did she brush against Pineheart with a loud purr escaping her. " Let's test the waters, my friend. "

✿────────────── ──────── Brook ──────── ─────────────✿

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