#m:kitty

Kaleb’s breath came hard and heavy as he sprinted through the preserve, the scent of the forest and the pack that held the territory heavy and strong even as he ventured deep and deeper, further and further away from the noise of the main road. He’d been having nightmares again about the night his family was murdered. No, not nightmares - memories. The images came in flashes of distorted color followed by the progressive feeling of suffocation that accompanied wolfsbane filling his lungs and burning his throat. It always ended with the flash of red eyes, his red eyes; the ones he’d inherited from his father after he and his older sister had passed. 

Stopping in his tracks to catch his breath, the feeling of suffocation still fresh in his mind, he smelled it. It was a scent he’d recognize anywhere, a scent that had surrounded him in childhood. It was the scent of pack. 

His pack. 

But...that was impossible, they were all dead. Kaleb had watched them, he’d seen the light leave their eyes just like that poor human he’d killed. He shook his head, trying to clear it from his mind, to tell himself he was just making it up because of the nightmares, but he couldn’t. It was real. It was there - stronger and stronger every time he took a breath. Someone was alive and he wouldn’t rest until they were home safe. 

“Do you have a favorite candy?” Kaleb asked his sister once they’d parked and settled in for the movie. With blankets, pillows, and good company - all they were missing was snacks, and he was more than happy to pay the cheap prices the drive in had set to get some for both himself and his sister. With the notes app pulled up on his phone to keep track of things, he paused to meet Kitty’s eyes. 

Mun’s note: Reminder that all in character asks are being answered from the pov of the character’s canon/default verse until March 1st Additional note : You have no idea how much I want to answer this from the  Apartment Verse

“Which time?” He joked, taking the time to reminisce about his childhood in a way he hadn’t done in...well, he didn’t think he’d ever done it. Now that he had Kitty back, it was easier to think about everything. It was easier to focus on the positives rather than dwelling on the negatives until they consumed him entirely. “No, I remember, pup.”