Otatso Wetlands Sorry Isn't Enough

Stark was tired. He was exhausted if he was breathing, but, he'd proven to himself that sleep just brought on dreams of Octavia - hard to handle dreams that left the Alpha more exhausted than when he'd tried sleeping. And so he stopped trying. The Alpha regarded the female for a few moments, his blue eyes narrowing on her figure as she spoke. It wasn't the right time to say anything like that, as far as he was concerned, but what could he do? Sure, he'd say he'd try his best but was that truly happening? 

Grace was pushing hard to have him say specifically that he was Tambourine's father. What could he say? Yes - the boy was his. He'd been his since shortly after Stark had arrived and there had been more times than not that the male went hungry so that Tambourine and Octavia had food. He gave a soft sight and looked down at his feet. "I've...I need to get back." He said softly. "I need to check on him." Stark turned away, though he faltered for just a moment to look back at her. "If you see your mother, don't tell her anything about this." He said after a few minutes. He didn't trust that she wouldn't turn around and tell Reek and Stark didn't need to deal with that right then. "And...and stay safe, Grace." He was exhausted and he just wanted to get back to Tambourine and Banner.