You Give Me Fever [Eliphas]

Aureus carefully arranged the sticks and twigs he had gathered, following Eliphas' pattern. His stomach was shivering with a tumult of emotions. He was nervous, anxious, excited. He focused on what he was doing, eager to please the svelte, pale man. His ears flicked up as Eliphas mentioned that he was going to leave the Armada. Aureus looked up to meet the other's eyes and excitement won out over all other emotions, but there was also a touch of worry. Winter was not a good time to choose to be a lone wolf.

He opened his mouth, his words failing to come for a moment. He cleared his throat. "I'm proud of you for following your dreams but I have to say, Eliphas, I'm worried about you with winter coming on. You know, if you wanted you'd be more than welcome to come live with me in Aerie. I'm sure my brother would welcome you. We only have one healer right now who is eager to learn and we have a forest to." He was gathering steam, excitement evident in his voice. "There's a ravine that cuts through the center of the forest and I'm sure the pack would be interested in taking care of it so that it yields herbs for healing and prey to sustain us." His den was over by the lake but he was already planning on moving it to the ravine now.

"Eliphas… I… I miss you when we're not together."