Take up your new name
10-15-2017, 06:01 PM
Zephyr knew nothing about the pains of childbirth, and knew he never would. What he did know, though, was the fear of losing his mate and his children, something he had suffered through before. He had survived, albeit barely, and he wasn't quite sure he could survive the same thing a second time. But there was nothing he could do other than wait and support Caelum, and he leaned a bit more into her as she gasped as another contraction wracked her body. At least he could provide her something to lean against as the first child struggled to arrive, watching with interest and worry alike as her body convulsed and then relaxed again. It was hard to make out anything about the first child other than its brown coat, a brief quiet that almost alarmed him, as she turned her head just slightly after cleaning the first pup. Her words were soft, barely audible at all over the sound of his own heartbeat ringing in his ears. "Nor did I ever stop missing you," he breathed quietly. There was truth to his words, but there was still much left unsaid. Perhaps they were things that he'd never say. He'd spent a long time loathing her, and an even longer time blaming her -- but buried deep beneath those feelings had always been love for her and the life they'd once had. If anything made him long to create that sort of life again, if not Caelum, then certainly their new children made him feel the same sort of determination now that shone in her eyes as she twisted to look at him. By the end of her words he found that he was smiling, almost sure that tears were welling up in his eyes. "Then we will be better than we were," he promised her quiet, but with certainty audible in his voice. At least now they only had to focus on taking care of themselves, and their children - the one already born and any others yet to be born. He wasn't given much time to reply to her thoughts before another wave of pain hit her. Instead of talking, unsure if she would want the distraction from what she needed to focus on, instead he fell silently and leaned back into her, his head draping over her back and holding her close. Zephyr didn't doubt that she could get through this, perhaps even without his comfort but he knew too that his presence would only help. |
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