Banking on a dream

Saracyn was riding the high of life right now. Things couldn't have been going more perfect for him than they were at present! Named Commander and promoted to stand by his twin sister's side as Matriarch, the head of Elysium's fighting forces, soul mated to the woman he loved more than life itself, and living in a sex-fueled paradise with Avacyn being in heat... Yeah, what more could a young, virile male ask for from life? The Ancients had truly blessed him and Avacyn with a life many only dreamed of! Nothing could ruin this perfection in his mind. Even the monotonous routine tasks like patrols seemed to have an extra bit of luster to them as he went about his days in total bliss. Hell, the usually surly brute was even smiling more! That was exactly how Ava found him as she came to intercept him on his patrols around the Firefly Lake, a contented smile on his muzzle and a bit of a prance in his step.

Spotting the vivid violet form of his twin approaching him, Saracyn greeted Ava with a loving smile and moved forward with the intentions of nuzzling her—and perhaps thinking about sweeping her off her paws for a bit of midday mating amongst the bushes of the lush countryside—only to be brought to a sudden and abrupt stop by the heavy and dour expression painting her visage. Sara's good mood immediately melted away, replaced by concern for his mate's wellbeing. She looked like she'd just received the worst news ever. Dark imaginings began to rear their ugly heads. Had something happened to their parents while they were vacationing? Were their siblings hurt or killed? Brows knitting together, the dire brute closed the distance between them, but before he could ask her what was troubling her, Ava leapt right into the revelation and removed all of his doubt and confusion.

Pregnant. Avacyn was pregnant. The sudden reveal of what the truth was had taken Saracyn by such shock that he didn't know how to respond at first. He simply stared at his mate with wide, bewildered eyes, his brain racing to comprehend what she'd just said. But as his head started to connect the threads of what she'd told him together, a smile began to spread across the brute's face, widening as his joy grew leaps and bounds. Ava was pregnant! They were going to be parents! "Ava, that's wonderful!" he exclaimed, hurrying forward to close the space between them and throw his forelegs around her shoulders, pulling her in close for a big squeeze. But when he drew back a bit to gaze lovingly down into those obsidian eyes he adored so much and saw the tears welling up in them, his mirth began to fizzle away, his smile drooping into a confused frown. "...That is wonderful, right? I mean, we wanted to have a family together in traditional Mendacium fashion, didn't we?" Sara was confused by Ava's hesitance and austere reaction. This was supposed to be a joyous occasion for them, wasn't it? Sure, maybe they weren't 100% planned, but Saracyn had always just assumed they would eventually carry on the family line as was expected of the alpha couple, and he'd certainly been making no attempts to stall their efforts at conceiving with how much he had been all over her.

So was this not what Avacyn had wanted as well...?

"Avacyn & Saracyn"