[fancypost bgcolor=; bordercolor=transparent; color:; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; overflow: auto; width: 450px;][font=georgia]He'd caught a glimpse of a red tabby.
And his heart nearly burst from his chest.
Atticus pushed past his clanmates, brows furrowed and heart hammering inside his chest. Could he have been here the whole time? Could he have been looking in vain and the other been right beneath his nose? He felt slightly light-headed, losing sight of the tabby momentarily before he found them again. Once he caught up to them, he gently laid a paw on their shoulder, eyes bright, hopeful. "Excuse me.." His breath caught in his throat, tears welling up in his eyes and his voice faltering. "I'm-- My apologies, do forgive me for wasting your time. I th.. thought you were someone else." The girl looked almost sad for him, the way his voice shook, the tears threatening to fall down his face.
He couldn't be gone. Western couldn't be gone forever and just.. leave him. West had been the only one he'd been with, he didn't know how to be alone. He didn't know.. what to do. The tall lion seemed to shrink into himself, ears flattening against his head and fighting the tears. Biting down on his tongue, Atticus turned away from the girl, feeling the stirrings of grief inside his chest turn into spider webs lodging themselves in the cracks and crevices of his heart. It hurt too much. It hurt too much to breathe, a few tears slipping down his face against his will. Victor please.. They're coming and you have to leave. I can't protect you.
The warrior ended up back in the clearing, his eyes burning, stinging with tears, his throat closed with the lump of grief, his entire body aching. The canvas wasn't empty this time, however, a red tabby sitting along the beach, enjoying himself. A memory Atticus held close and needed to see physically. It hurt too much and suddenly, he didn't want to see it anymore. He got to his feet, a broken sob escaping from him as he grabbed the painting in his mouth and tore it apart, pieces of it littered around him when he was done, sitting down in defeat and staring at the ground with a numb expression.
[font=georgia]GENERAL:
atticus haddok • colognecathedral x bistrenight • male • homosexual, demiromantic • polyamorous • unknown age • sunclan • warrior • significant other to ___ • mentor of ___ • former medic • speaks through telepathy • intense distrust of bloodclanners
POWERS:
ability to take others' pain • telepathy • multiple possessions (domestic feline, serval, lion)
INTERACTION:
medium-hard difficulty • attack in bold and italics • no kill or maim • pm for capture • pm for plots
OTHER:
faceclaim