Cerulean Cape fire meet gasoline

just a cameo post! y'all can skip me! ♥

when the howl rose across the shores, carrying to the den that atausiq assumes his siren bride has claimed for birthing, he protests — vocally — letting it be known that he didn't think she should go. ultimately, it wasn't up to him and dutifully he follows along, eyes on her the entire time. she looks bigger than the last time they'd greeted a stranger at their borders and he bites back each fret and fuss that threatens to spill from betwixt his lips.

the strange male is who atausiq sees first: imperial jade gaze zeroing in on him like a missile. though hua appears to know him and greets the stranger with a wag of her tail, her groom to be ...father of her children pulls himself up to his full height, hackles bristling with some archaic, paternal instincts that spark to life perhaps too early. premature for his age or not doesn't seem to have an actual bearing — they are there and he feels them each time he thinks about the cubs she carries — which is a lot these days.

gaze so intently focused he almost misses ying nearby. he draws nearer to hua, protective of her, of the life she carries but ultimately remains a silent sentry.