they can haunt me all they want

As Ophie came and poured herself into Asla's embrace, the smaller woman rose onto her haunches and wrapped both grey forelegs around her younger sister. She was truly sorry for how she had acted as a child and being a child was no excuse. Asla squeezed Ophie tightly to her, her cheek against the grey girl's head. It didn't matter to her that Ophie was chunky or smelly or dirty. She obviously needed this and Asla was more than happy to give the girl this affection.


Ophie's words brought a sudden burst of laughter from Aslatiel and the fawn colored fae grinned. "Oph, I was scary. I wanted to drown all of you. I hated that you were taking the attention off of me." Asla released a soft laugh. "It took me a little while to realize how much of an idiot I was." Giving the girl a squeeze, Asla pushed her back to arms length, purple eyes meeting blue. "Hopefully we can make up for lost time while we're able to. We have all winter." All winter until she and the pups were gone. Then who knew what type of relationships would last or die after that?

"So you're trying." Asla put her paws back on the ground. "We should hunt sometime. You could run patrols with me in the mornings." Asla gave her head a slight tilt. "If you're serious about it, I'll help you. If you're happy with the way that you are, that's fine too." Asla didn't want to force her sister into anything, but if she wanted to lose some of the weight that she held, Asla would be more than happy to help her.

"Aslatiel Fatalis"