Phantom Hollow Surprise! Can I sleep over?

I find it funny that Burke is like a solid wall of no emotion and Malice almost cries at the idea of losing a child xD These two I swear haha

Burke had spoke about Pietro and felt the dread inside of him, though the male was pretty sure his outer exterior was still stoic, he had not cried again. He had not cried about Meldresi either, and now with this son he could not cry. He was not a monster that he knew, but he could not let himself cry. He realized that he called himself a therapist but he could not really therapist for himself. How strange. The male's ears perked up at her prayer that sounded muffled. To who was she praying? Mephala? Another god? This interested him a bit and in return that interest made his sad feelings be pushed away.

Burke looked at the female with a skeptical gaze. Her eyes lined with tears as she spoke. She was awfully emotional but then again he could remember Meldresi having some of those episodes too, when she was carrying her young. Though she did gave him a compliment about being strong. He raised his muzzle a bit though then lowered it. It was not something to be proud of, he realized. Maybe for once listening to his own therapisting self. He slowly shook his head. A lot of wolves would think that they are strong when they show no emotion, but maybe he was not that strong. Because he did not dare to cry or show what he was feeling, and why not? Because others would think it as weak, but wouldn't it be strong if he could show his emotions.

Burke had been holding his feelings to himself from the beginning of life really, basically from the moment he had bitten off his tail. How everyone admired him for it, while he himself had not been happy with it at all. Now he saw it as his trademark and kind of liked his look but it had taken some adjustments before he thought like that. "It has been tough," he deadpanned. Truly no emotion. Was he really that dead inside, no he was not. He showed those feelings to Meldresi, but then she died and he shut himself off again. Only just now he had licked Malice which was at least some form of affection. He remembers Osprey's words, how he would get hit by a ton of feelings and hope that he would get out from under it. He was kind of feeling that pressure of all those emotions itching to get out. He cleared his throat. "I'm... Not that good with the feelings thing," he spoke, though on the contrary he was very passionate about his pack and selfless too.

His pale eyes settled on her. He did not believe in love. It had not happened to him before he had met Meldresi, and with her he had been sort of admiring her. With Malice their dynamic was totally different, really different. Yet, that was what made it refreshing to him. He knew Pietro was at peace, that was not what he was thinking about. He believed he is with his mother. Burke just don't understand why it kept happening to him. He had been so selfless, always there for each member and still when he had himself on the background of life, keeping his emotions at bay he had a son who hated him, a loving wife that died and now also a son that died too. Life had always been unfair, even before coming here, though being here did gave him a family, and loved ones. Seeing that he never really grown attached to other wolves before coming to these lands. Maybe he was just old and was letting his guard down.

His eye still on Malice, realizing he had been looking at her while he had been in thought. Her little nips and licks were nice. Slowly he placed his head down on his own paws. All these thoughts running through his mind. Maybe he should start to deal with all those feelings for once. Then he suddenly realized something and snapped his head up. "Wait.. what did you say? You are worried about me?," he asked. Not sure why she would be even worried about him in the first place.

Oh look I wrote a novel too :P