Bad Company

"You've raised them well," Ears perked up at her compliment. His gaze falling to the two kits curling gently around the two pups. When he looked at his kits, he felt pride swell up. But...then when he looked at Shaye's pups, it slowly fell away. He didn't have true kids of his own. The chance of that happening had been taken away the day that Winter had been taken from him. From the world. The thought saddened him, and he feared he would never get over it. She had been a major change in his life after fleeing from his birth pack. She had helped him in so many ways, and the love they shared with each other was something that went unmatched. He didn't think he'd ever be able to love someone again...not in the way he loved her. "Thank you," He replied, his tone soft.

Crimson gaze met hers when she said he was safe from the pups. The smallest of smiles showed at her attempt to joke, but it didn't stay for very long. It wasn't the pups he was afraid of...it was his embarrassment at his actions with Shaye the other day. The confusion he felt in his mind. And the vague feeling of what he could have had all those years ago when he looked at the tiny, helpless bundles that nestled in the den. "I know...it's not that, it's just..." It's just what? He couldn't tell her about his past. Not yet. He was still trying to come to terms with it all. Still trying to heal from it, but failing. He gently shook his head, "It's nothing. It's just been a while since I've seen babies." Hopefully she would buy that excuse.

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