The Sunspire this way, that way · joining

*hoards all the Rem threads* Slight PP I can change it if you mind ^^ @Amekaze still welcome to pop in!

In those sparse few moments over the past week when he'd somehow captured brief flickers of controlled and conscious thought, his mind had been on her. Wondering where she was, if she was safe, if her sisters had welcomed her kindly or if they'd been cruel. In the turmoil of sobering up, there had been little additional thought he could have given to her state, particularly considering all else that the boy had had to think about. He'd attacked his beta, lied, then shirked all of his responsibilities to lie there for days on end in utter misery and anguish. When finally he'd emerged, it was like being reborn, and since then he'd wandered the Sunspire like a toddler learning to use his legs for the first time.

Summer knew that there were many amends that he needed to make--to Jace and to Ame for being such a terrible packmate those past few months, to any who had had to suffer his company during those times he could barely remember. He wasn't mentally prepared for those moments yet, and so he instead went back to his routine and continued to lurk near the borders, not patrolling exactly but watching. Waiting. Hoping. Hoping that maybe his charcoal pelted friend might come back, for it was when he was with her that he felt the most clear and level-headed. Focusing on her well-being brought him through his haze, just as before the poppies, focusing on contributing to his pack had brought him through the pollution of his anxiety issues.

And as luck would have it, there she was. Summer followed the sound of her voice, feeling a mixture of excitement, relief, and worry. When his eyes finally landed upon her a while later, he felt nothing but relief, if even for his own selfish reasons. He walked slowly up to her sleeping form with his tail wagging and leaned down to press his nose gently against hers. Waiting until she awoke and blinked up at him, he smiled and murmed softly to her, "Can I please feed you now?"