Redhawk Caldera deer might fly, why not? i met you.

He didn't shout - that was a good sign.  Then again, Elwood never shouted.  He would stare at her with an indiscernable look on his face, take a deep breath, and then calmly encourage her to expand upon whatever nonsense she was spewing all over the place.  As though reading a script, her mate did just that and in spite of the tension she now felt, she smirked adoringly at him.

"Because he's afraid of everything," Fin replied, right off the bat completely botching the speech she'd been practicing in her mind for the last hour, "And I have a job to do for the pack, even though I fucked it up royally last time I attempted it.  He's never going to be happy about me doing my job, but I think maybe if I take him with me and show him that everything can be okay when I go.. I dunno, maybe it'll help."

In truth, it wasn't so much that Finley had a job to do that made her want to resume her responsibilities as an Outrider.  It much more just a part of who she was.  She was adventurous and spirited, and without this outlet, she could never be a good mother for her son or a good mate to Elwood.  Because she wouldn't be her at all.

"Plus you never know, maybe he'll find out that he enjoys it," she added after a beat, remembering the sparkle of intrigue in his eye when she'd told him stories about adventure.