Mudminnow River Born Queen

he was glad he stopped, because it was moments before it seemed that she recognized him-- and it might've been a bad idea to just charge after her fully. terance didn't have enough time to wonder if the first you was accusatory, because in just a moments notice sarah had buried her grey face in his neck, a round of emotion expelled from her. it had been a long time since terance had seen his sister, but he had never seen her like this. 

he pressed his chin to her shoulder, using a paw to pull her into a wolfish hug, pulling in a shaky breath to stop himself from sobbing-- since we all know it's well within terance's personality just to cry. but he was getting better at not just crying. this might've been a good moment for tears. 

"you're here," he muttered into her fur instead, beginning to groom at the grey fur along her shoulders and the back of her neck, "i can't believe you're really fuckin' here."