Free falling

Fitz had been taking a well earned break with Raissa when Tempest's call went out. Waking himself properly, he detached himself from his loved one, careful not to wake her, and padded outside. The grey, green-eyed was waiting outside and FitzDutiful blinked twice against the outside light, brighter than inside the den.

"How are you doing, Tempy?" he asked, unconsciously using a nickname for the wolf who had been through so much in such a short space of time. He wanted to protect her, give her a place to get her feet back under herself and grow independent of all the pain she had been through.