More than Just the Gloomies

He did say anything for a moment, just put a paw over Ollie’s gently. He didn’t mean to worry his kids, he really didn’t. But some things were just so much effort, and it was a real struggle to go about life like nothing happened. Knowing Halo wouldn’t be there to wrap around at night. He missed her, he missed her so much that it was a giant ache in his chest that he could not ignore.

He looked at Ollie's big sad eyes as the other wolf implored him to try. To drink a mead that the healer had prepared. He didn’t know what Ollie had put in it, but he trusted the young healer as much as he would Halo. “If it’ll help you worry a little less” he agreed, taking the drink from the boy. He looked at it a little dubiously for a moment. He hadn’t drunk alcohol since that night that had led to Ollie and his sibling’s conception. He poured it into a glass and took a sip.


"Halo" & "Mortis"