a time to come together [Empire Festival Opening]

Plague waited anxiously as he watched the other packs begin to file in, giving the various wolves that came to greet his family small nods, but he was too throughly distracted as he waited on his betrothed to appear. He did spare a slightly surprised, but longing glance toward his mother when she arrived. He hadn't seen her in ages, not since before he separated himself from the family to focus on his training. Seeing her now was enough of a distraction to keep him from seeing Void's initial approach, but when he shifted his emerald gaze away from the bowing Deathbelle, his gaze landed on the man he had been dying to see.

A wide, joyous grin pulled across his features to match Void's own as the Destruction man paced forward. Plague could read it all over Void's expression and posture that the amount of wolves around them was already overwhelming to his sweet man and it took all of his self control to not sweep Void away to their den then and there to hide him away from the world. He chuckled as Void went through the usual decorum of approaching him and his sister, giving them a formal bow with picture perfect manners. Plague threw all of that to the wind, getting up to close the small distance between them. He nuzzled his cheek against Void's with a small sigh of relief, leaning into the touch he had been craving since they last saw each other. "Void," he rumbled happily in return, turning his head a bit to leave an affectionate kiss on his fiancé's cheek.

Suddenly he remembered that his family was all around him and this was not only their first time meeting Void but also the first time they would see him being affectionate with his man. Nerves crept up his spine, but he stood resolute, turning to face Venom as well with his side against Void's, giving his sister a shy smile. He tried not to look at his other family members just yet, not wanting to think about their eyes on them. Venom's opinion was the only one that mattered to him - well, her's and Ike's perhaps. "Venom, this is Void," he said to introduce them, as if that fact wasn't already exceedingly obvious. He gave them a moment to greet one another before he gently nosed Void's neck and told him, "Come on, lets go sit over here." He led his lover away from the bulk of the crowd, finding a space still near the majority of his family, but out of the main hustle and bustle of the group. He settled on his haunches and leaned his side into Void's, peering adoringly up at the speckled man beside him and letting the rest of the wolves around them fall away.

Plague | Viridis | Procella