One foot on the narrow way , and one foot on the ledge

Voltage hummed lightly as Glacier said his name, his teeth showing in a gentle grin. He loved his brother dearly, perhaps idolized him. It was always him and his Big Brother against the world, and in that moment he felt like he had once upon a time when it was just the two of them. When he was so wrought with his depression, with thoughts, and Glacier somehow whisked them away as if they were ants. He moved to sit at Glacier's side, looking out at the ocean as he waited. There was something on his brother's tongue, he just knew it.

So he waited, watching the to and fro motion the waves made upon the black sand. His ears would perk as Glacier spoke, and he would tilt his head slightly to look up at him. He walked down memory lane, and he couldn't help but feel the wash of nostalgia. "We're so old.." He laughed softly to himself, shifting on his paws before turning to look back out at the ocean. It was true, so true. They had faced everything together. When one fell, the other knew how to pick the other up. When one hurt, the other felt the same pain. He remembered the fear he had felt when Glacier had fallen, had hurt himself and was forced to spend weeks upon weeks in a den. Voltage had hardly left his side, not even to do alpha things he had too do.

It was always them. Volt and Glace. Together.

Another wash of guilt flooded over him, and he'd glance to the side just as Glacier decided to spill his news in his formal way. Stormy eyes instantly snapped to him, both staring at him and so distant. Pupils would dialate and shrink, his breath coming in a quick rush as pure fear ran over him. Glacier was having children?! He quickly dropped his gaze, digesting that bit of news as Glacier moved on, kept going. And voltage would be the god father...and illie. He was finding it increasingly hard to breathe, and without a word he stood up and stepped out of the den to try and get some air.

He was terrified that the universe would choose to take Glacier's children from him as well. Terrified. But it was different, wasn't it? Where they had gifted Voltage with the ability to feel so much emotion, to feel everything, they had given Glacier the ability to juggle his fate and his duties. It wouldn't happen to Glacier. He had done so well. He had found Anais, and it hadn't forced him to split his time and his mind. Slowly he'd turn to look back at Glacier, staring at his big brother for a moment. Glacier, his everything, was about to be a father.

There was no jealousy, nothing. There was nothing but a small flicker...and in an instant it turned into a flame. Into an inferno, scorching through him but not hurting him. He felt light, and his brows would furrow. A bright, real smile would spread across his lips as his eyes crinkled. "Oh Glace.." He whispered, turning fully back to him. "I am so happy for you, brother." His voice was tight, but not in that sad sort of way. He would look to the ground as the tears fell, and he would laugh softly, lifting a paw to rub his ankle across his cheek. "So happy.." He whispered, closing his eyes as the tears fell harder, faster. But he was, this wasn't the same tears he had weeks ago when he had lost his daughter. There was no way he would taint his brother's happiness with his own sadness, he didn't work that way.

"H-how long, had you known?" He asked in a shaky voice, lifting his eyes to look up at his brother as he smile so gently, a tear slowly slipping down his cheek. "You wouldn't be this calm if you just found out."

"Burn Baby Burn"