01-17-2020, 06:54 PM
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The news didn’t quite settle at first. Pregnant? That meant she would be a mother. To kittens. Kittens. And, of course, he would be a father. To kittens. To children. The sawbones couldn’t help but feel a little overwhelmed. The two hadn’t even been together especially long.
He stood there slack-jawed for several long moments, blinking the surprise away. A father. With Moth. Whom he loved dearly. He closed his mouth and swallowed, coming a little closer.
“Wow...” he murmured. Closer still. It didn’t feel close enough. Selby took a few more steps and pressed his chest into her shoulder. The surprise was quickly giving way to a warm, excited sense of joy. He found he could pay little attention to Aurum or Miller. All that mattered to him was Moth and the beginnings of a family she was growing for them.
He gently butted his forehead into the soft fur of her cheek. “We’re gonna be parents,” he whispered fondly. “We’re gonna have a family.”
And though Selby felt an immense amount of joy, in the back of his mind, a quiet little voice spoke to him. Don’t be like he was.
The news didn’t quite settle at first. Pregnant? That meant she would be a mother. To kittens. Kittens. And, of course, he would be a father. To kittens. To children. The sawbones couldn’t help but feel a little overwhelmed. The two hadn’t even been together especially long.
He stood there slack-jawed for several long moments, blinking the surprise away. A father. With Moth. Whom he loved dearly. He closed his mouth and swallowed, coming a little closer.
“Wow...” he murmured. Closer still. It didn’t feel close enough. Selby took a few more steps and pressed his chest into her shoulder. The surprise was quickly giving way to a warm, excited sense of joy. He found he could pay little attention to Aurum or Miller. All that mattered to him was Moth and the beginnings of a family she was growing for them.
He gently butted his forehead into the soft fur of her cheek. “We’re gonna be parents,” he whispered fondly. “We’re gonna have a family.”
And though Selby felt an immense amount of joy, in the back of his mind, a quiet little voice spoke to him. Don’t be like he was.