When Jake had left the party, he hadn’t meant to be gone so long or run so far. He needed to clear his head, needed to feel the cold bite through his thick fur. He’d caught the wolf scent by accident and had followed the trail until he’d found a pack of wolves. Wolves bigger than any regular wolf on Earth and while he couldn’t communicate with them, they’d been willing enough to let him run with them. Maybe because he was still bigger.
They’d run far and by the time he realised he couldn’t see Fandom anymore, the snow had covered their tracks and stolen away their scent. He’d been relieved when he finally did find the causeway as the sun had gone under behind the white snowy peaks. Not that the tightness in his chest had gone away and he took hours packing his bag for the cabins where usually it’d take him fifteen minutes.
By the time he made it down to the cabins, it was stupidly late and Jake felt the last 24 hours catch up with him. Courage Wolf, it kind of felt like a joke right now. He quietly entered the cabin, turning right
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She'd squeezed her eyes closed the moment she heard him in the cabin and it was kind of a wonder he hadn't heard her heart trying to thump right out of her chest in agony as she waited to find out if he was going to stay or just walk out on her again.
When he settled down on the floor under her blankets, she instantly slid closer, drawn in by his natural warmth and that little part of her that had feared he wouldn't want to sleep there. A smarter girl probably would have kept her mouth shut, but this was Caroline. "Took you long enough to remember I'd miss you."
At least she was whispering for their cabinmates sake.
"Sorry," he murmured, his throat tight and his voice broke on the whisper. He didn’t know what else to say and he reached for her instead, wrapping his arm around her waist in a gesture that was becoming all too familiar for them.
She sighed, snuggling back against his chest and pulling his arm more tightly around her. "I should've followed you," she added, having come to that conclusion during all her overthinking - somewhere between the anger of the afternoon and the worry of the evening and thinking she’d been an idiot not to realize it the night before.
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They’d run far and by the time he realised he couldn’t see Fandom anymore, the snow had covered their tracks and stolen away their scent. He’d been relieved when he finally did find the causeway as the sun had gone under behind the white snowy peaks. Not that the tightness in his chest had gone away and he took hours packing his bag for the cabins where usually it’d take him fifteen minutes.
By the time he made it down to the cabins, it was stupidly late and Jake felt the last 24 hours catch up with him. Courage Wolf, it kind of felt like a joke right now. He quietly entered the cabin, turning right ( ... )
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When he settled down on the floor under her blankets, she instantly slid closer, drawn in by his natural warmth and that little part of her that had feared he wouldn't want to sleep there. A smarter girl probably would have kept her mouth shut, but this was Caroline. "Took you long enough to remember I'd miss you."
At least she was whispering for their cabinmates sake.
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