i am not your autumn moon

@Hawkeye! <3

He'd been gone a while.

His brother's ascension to Alphaship and the abrupt, careless way it had been handled with him and Crete had been too much, too soon. The mental and emotional wounds inflicted upon them by their elder brother Tyrannus were still livid and fresh, burning and painful and damaging. That Peregrine could be so thoughtless and arrogant as to presume that Atticus and Crete would simply venture back down that very same road again with a smile was completely incomprehensible to Atticus. He was still angry with his brother, furious with a simmering heat that would take a long time to dissipate. The thought of leaving the pack lingered constantly on the fringes of his thoughts. The only thing that kept him here, really, was Crete. He didn't want to leave Crete.

It'd been a week or two since he'd left. He had told Peregrine he needed some time away, but he couldnt' help wondering if he even still belonged here. He wondered if Peregrine would run him out like Tyr had. He certainly was a valid threat, considering what had been between him and Hawkeye, however brief it had lasted. He wondered if Perry knew about all of that. Walking through the quiet packlands, he didn't feel at home. He felt like a stranger, and the plateau felt cold to him.