Ouroboros Spine team rocket

a breeze rose and ruffled through the boy's dark fur, and he lifted his face to the skies for a moment, golden eyes holding the sunlight before he returned them to Rowan. there was an unexplainable energy about her, but the boy barely had the words to speak coherently half the time, let alone with the eloquence her aura commanded. and yet, he was drawn to her, not in a romantic sense but ... words evaded him.

her touch was comforting, and he reached out to return it, brushing across her own shoulder. "my dad was quite a character," he joked gently, wanting to lift their mood. "Donnelaith is empty without him, i bet. hell, i'm pretty far away from you all and i feel it."

he gestured at her sides, which he now knew to be rounded with pregnancy, and his mouth curved in his usual open, charismatic smile. "what are those, then? more cousins for our clan?" it didn't occur to Casmir that he was being rude as fuck. par for the course.