Not ready to be an empty nester

Misery was excited about his upcoming job.  He wasn’t overly showing it, of course, he’d never show over-excitement about anything in front of other wolves lest they get to know his thoughts overly well.  At mom’s howl, his ear pricked forward with interest.  Was there information to go over about his job?  

Misery jogged to the sound of his mom’s howl, mind thinking through any last-minute thing to mention.  Would mom mind giving him a report when he came home on what Mac had been up to?  Mac would of course be giving him a full report upon the return but it would be nice to have mom’s point of view.

As he came in sight of mom the boy finally realized he might want to tell his mom to take care of herself as well.  Words like he’d miss her?  That wasn’t really his normal style of thing.  She’d understand how he felt without having to say anything probably.  The boy walked up to his mother, “Hi mom, need something?”

"Misery"