This wolf is actively pupsitting - his energy regeneration is paused. This wolf has not rolled over today and will not be able to be traded or gifted until its next rollover.
"They didn't chase me or anything." Ashenheart sighs. The raindrops dance along his whiskers, and he looks out at the overcast sky. He lets the handsome desert wolf at his side take a bit more of his weight, taking a moment to relish the sensation before continuing.
"But I was never what they wanted." His voice cracks slightly, like old timber. "The uncomfortable pauses whenever it came up. The insistence on making every conversation about my future accomplishments because they knew a conversation about family would only lead them to tears." It was hard to restrain a note of disdain. "Have you joined a hunting team yet? You'd make a good stalker, they don't have to be super strong." He let out a huff and glanced to Duskbreaker with sympathetic eyes. "Or the passive-aggressive comments. 'I wish at least one of my kids had turned out normal' - like my sibling and I aren't good enough. 'Oh, I wanted grandkids.' 'Oh, I'm just sad that the family line is ending is all.' And the entire time I'm just like... what do you want me to do? Make pretend? Break both my heart and the heart of some girl who never asked for this? I just- and they consider themselves good parents, do you know that? 'Well at least we didn't chase you,'" he bared his teeth for a moment. It wasn't a common look for him. "Yeah GREAT, set the bar a little lower why don't ya?!"
"The funny thing is you have a daughter," replied the desert wolf. There was his bondmate Duskbreaker smelling of the desert and with a voice like warm smoke. He smiled to Ashenheart, and nosed his shoulder reassuringly. "We have a daughter," he adds, laying a paw on top of Ashenheart's own.
Ashenheart can't help but smile at that, and rubs his head against the other male. "We have a daughter," he agrees with a whimsical sigh. His eyes wander towards the pupsitter's den.
"And whoever she turns out growing up to be," continues Duskbreaker, pressing his paw a bit closer on Ashenheart's. "I know you'll be an empathetic father."
Ashenheart looks touched, and for a moment, he savors that, until it gets a bit much for him, and so he adds, "And a hot husband," with a teasing grin.
"And a hot husband," agrees Duskbreaker, rubbing cheeks with him.
[Special Effect] Gentle Eyes
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