TW: Sensitive Content Camp RC what in the fucked up romantic dark comedy // hydra & ivy

[Heather]

{$title} CW: cheating, heartbreak

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Heather's gaze scanned the camp, mostly full of unfamiliar faces, in search of one in particular. She hadn't even been in the camp for very long before her paws itched to find Ivytwist. After all, with such big news, she didn't want him hearing about 'that new pregnant loner' and then find out from someone else! Ivytwist was going to be a father!

Her tail jingled as she swept it along the ground in excitement, the little decoration catching the sunlight and sparkling on her fur. It was such a pretty gift from him... she hoped this wonderful news would be as lovely a gift to her mate.

A few RiverClan cats passed by as she looked, offering welcomes and congratulations, and it was only once she'd stopped her intense search that the focus of her search revealed himself.

Ivytwist was padding back into camp, prey held in his jaws, and Heather felt her heart quicken at the sight. One day, he'd be bringing prey to her, surrounded by their little kits. A family. It had been a long time since she'd had one, and she wasn't even that old of a cat! With light pawsteps, she began to make her way across camp, opening her mouth to call out to the tom, only -

Heather stopped in her tracks. Who was that other tom with him? They were awfully close together, and while she still wanted to move forward, she didn't exactly expect to share the news with someone else around. Maybe she could get his friend to leave for a few moments?

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OOC

BIO

• tagging @ivytwist and @Hydrangeabloom
• Loner || 20 moons
  SPEECH || THOUGHTS
  

 

[Hydrangeabloom Hydrangeabloom]

Sitting within camp, the blue tom found himself humming some wordless tune as his paws delicately weaved the reeds he'd collected over the last few days. The bitter, cool wind nipped at his paws, numbing the pads if he didn't stop to tuck them beneath his ruff to regain warmth. Once leafbare struck, it would be nearly impossible to do much weaving for fun or gifts without the protections of the dens, but with so much happening as of late, he wanted to gift them all something. Wavesong had been the first, his gift to her a shell necklace for the loss of her little Shellkit, and while that was made with so much love, he knew his handywork had improved vastly in the moons since.

Paws tucked close, he inspected his progress with a tilt of his head. A delicate blue-glass set bangle pair. It had taken far too long to find two sets of glass with similar hues, but it had been his mate who suggested a token to the young warrior and apprentice, and it had taken that long alone to find the glass. There were various other projects in various states of completion, a fur-tie for Jinglemoon, a necklace for a friend, and, of course, the one he had been working on the longest. A leg wrap, one partially complete, a much more extensive weave with small glass pieces and the most magnificent iridescent shell for a centre piece to settle on Ivy's foreleg.

It was as Hydrangea barely caught sight of the other that he managed to quickly tuck the gift back into his basket with some of his other projects. Just focusing on one of the small bangles did the blue tom looked up and met Ivy with crinkled eyes and a purr. A fish clamped in his jaws, and an expression knitted in pride. "Oh, what a magnificent catch, love." Hydrangea stood to his paws and pressed his nose gently to the cheek of the other; he seemed in high spirits today after all. The blue tom's eyes crinkled in joy, though he tried to keep his attention away from the little basket, at risk of spoiling his gift. "Even with prey scarce, you always come back with something."

Hydra knew things had been rocky lately, tension in the air, but that didn't silence the warmth in his chest when he gazed on his mate with such affection. Best friends growing up, now mates for many moons, even on the roughest days, he was just glad to have the other at his side.

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HYDRANGEABLOOM He/Him, Riverclan Weaver, 23 moons.
A white and blue-grey tabby with light blue eyes.
mentored by none // mentoring no one
littermate to Hyacinth and Wisteriablossom
NPC x NPC / parent to a none / mated to Ivytwist
"SPEECH" // "THOUGHTS" // ATTEMPTED ACTION
penned by Pheo ↛ phoenixwashere on discord, feel free to dm for plots.