Honeyed Pasture Eight seconds left in overdrive

i couldn't help myself since i saw this was AW and Charon is a jealous butt and i figured i'd stir things up a little. (plus i've wanted an Em-thread forever, squee!)

It had been a little while since Charon had given Dhole the message to give to Osprey, and still she hadn't visited him. He was frustrated that she would ditch him just to continue her life with Dante, or whatever she was doing. He wasn't even sure if she was with him, but he knew that she preferred him. She hadn't wanted to leave him to join Charon's legacy, after all, and to add insult to injury, Osprey hadn't taken up the offer that he had extended to visit, either. He wasn't sure that Dhole's message would change anything; it was obvious if she hadn't visited yet now that she never intended to visit at all. Just more false promises, and it hurt. She was the last wolf he had expected them from.

Imagine his surprise when, on his way to the shores for some much-needed exploration away from his kingdom, he heard Osprey's voice, paired with that of another guy. A young guy, by the sounds of it. The hairs in his neck bristled and the young Alpha wasted no time marching up towards them. He approached from the younger one's back, facing Osprey, and his night blue eyes sought hers with thunder roaring above his head. It didn't help that she had obviously been telling the dude stories of make-believe and fantasy, like she used to tell him. "So that's it, isn't it?" he snapped. "You have time to frolick around with this guy playing make-believe like a fucking pup, but you refuse to visit my pack?" and play make-believe with me so we can pretend like we're still pups, he silently added, but of course he would never admit that to her. Charon straight up ignored the other dude, his focus solely on Osprey. She looked better than she did last time that he saw her, but Charon didn't care. His feelings had been hurt, and he pettily wished to hurt her back as much as he could now.