Reunited

He would see her anger starting to mirror his own, her steps retreating from him as she flashed her teeth. "You expect me to stay in a pack full of sick wolves? I was doing it for our children. I couldn't see you, they wouldn't let me. They made me leave your side when you were sick for the safety of your heirs" His ears would fall to his skull, anger still brewing but not for her. The illness had driven them apart. She had not left by choice. The mention of his children would cause hims lips to settle back over his teeth. He would really see her now, fur bristled and that flame of anger flickering in her eyes. He would breach the distance between them, he almost wanted her to lash out and bite him...
He had no recollection of the sickness, it just seemed an awful blob of nothing had overcome him for the last month. He would see her real devotion in her words and what she had done during his decommission. "I tried to visit you, I attempted to sneak in and visit you when you were ill. Every time I did you thought I was a duplication of Orchid. Never once did you ask for me." This was the first account he'd gotten of the time he was gone. "I have spent night after night in the cold winter while your pups grow within me, trying to cope with the fact that their father may be dying. I had to live on and protect myself while sickness racked your body, and you wanted me to stay around that? Did you even think of me while you were ill Scorpion? Because I did. Every night I prayed for you to be healed, I sat and stared at the stars and wished for you to return to me. I haven't slept a solid night since you left, because I am not the same without you. But just once, did you ever ask for me? Did you ever ask how our pups were fairing?" She would yell, her voice piercing through his fog. As she quieted he would bring his features closer to her, his nose nudging her cheek lightly as he took in her scent once again.
He felt his anger for her fall from his being as the curve of her shoulder was pressed into his chest. He had never before realized the ferocity of her loyalty to him. "You are magnificent Othello," his voice was cool as he kissed the rim of her ear slightly. "I was away from you for too long. I.. don't really recall any of the sickness." he would kiss her again, "Thank you for keeping... our pups safe."

"Scorpion Speech"
"Othello Speech"