let's have a "talk"

The boy listened to Corvus as he spoke, trying to absorb what he was saying. Love? No... Really? "I've only met her once. I can't be in love just yet, right?" He groaned, the frustration showing on his black and white face. "What does any of it mean? Why is this stuff so hard? A crush? Love?" He wanted to pull his fur out.

Beat's jaw dropped as Corvus spoke about how scary it was and how frustrating. "You know exactly what I'm talking about." The earthen man suggested that he spend time with her if she was a good wolf. Elise was the best wolf. The best. He knew it in his bones. She had just been so... everything. So perfect and sweet and kind. She had helped him pick the flowers for Twig and Twig had loved them. Elise... he couldn't wait to see her again.

Then Corvus admitted that he felt that way about Twig. A bit of that possessiveness threatened to rise within the boy and he stared at the older man. At first he didn't know what to say, but eventually he nodded. "I know. I could tell." White ears tucked back against his skull and he spoke hesitantly. "Just... don't hurt her, okay? She's been through enough." And she had. Beat, though he didn't know much about relationships, knew that sometimes they ended badly. One or both wolves involved got hurt. He didn't want Twig to get hurt. "I wouldn't mind having you as an uncle though," he admitted a little shyly. Corvus was the only real male figure he had left in his life. He looked up to the man. He didn't want to hate him, but if he hurt Twig... Beat would definitely hate him.