Blacktail Deer Plateau Ragga bomb

Great thread! :)

Peregrine was understandably pretty upset, and Atticus let him rant. Though he knew he deserved to be ripped a new one just about as much as Hawkeye did, he was selfishly glad that Perry's anger wasn't entirely directed at him. He didn't know if he could handle another falling-out with his brother. The fact of the matter was that he'd made some stupid decisions in the heat of the moment, when he'd been caught up in his misguided feelings for Hawkeye and had, at the same time, been pissed off at Peregrine and wouldn't have minded having a chance to hurt him. But that was then. This was now. And he knew he'd done wrong.

Perry asked him (in a way that he knew wasn't a request at all) to look after the kids, and then followed it by asking for some space. The look in Peregrine's eyes somehow told Atticus that it was okay, and that they would be fine, but he still felt a little sick to his stomach. "Okay," was all he said, softly, before Peregrine was gone. Atticus stood there for a moment, gazing off in the direction that Perry had disappeared and considering the implications of what had taken place just now, before heading off in the opposite direction to find something for the kids to eat.