Sun Mote Copse Break out of captivity

Fig had listened when his parents had encouraged him to let Fennec have her space. It had seemed even to him to be the right thing to do. He didn't blame her for being upset over their reunion. He had failed her. He'd let her get lost when it was his job--had always been his job--to look after her. Whatever she'd been through when she'd been away was his fault. The fact that she seemed whole and healthy suggested it hadn't been anything too terrible, but he didn't know. Part of him didn't even want to know. He felt guilty enough already.

After a little while, though, he decided it had been long enough. It didn't sit right with him to not face his crimes, no matter how awful he felt. And to have Fenn within reach again without being near her was simply uncomfortable as it was just so unnatural. He gravitated towards her like the moon does the earth, unable to resist. He was her guardian. Leaving her without one when he was more than capable of it now was wrong, so he would just have to face whatever blackness existed between them so he could fall back into his place, orbiting around her like the overprotective annoyance he was.

It's what brothers do.

"Fenny?" he called when he spotted her in the trees after searching for a while. She appeared to be looking for something too, though he couldn't guess at what. Maybe a stick to beat him with. He wilted submissively under his guilt (even though she wouldn't be able to see him do so) and waited.