#mothcrowpool

mothpool is peak, yes I know, but I think mothwing and leafpool would balance out well with crowfeather

crowfeather helps give them a yearning edge and brooding appeal that I think would resonate with them both of the idea of having destinies dictated and your past used against you and trying to prove something and crowfeather would actually get them to talk about and actually think beyond just "oh but we're medicine cats" with his introspection. He would be a dose of a dreamer they would really benefit from. He would be able to settle down more with the guidance of both of them, calm his restless soul a bit, have a place he can just talk about his emotions he can't in windclan.

I especially think he'd have a very interesting talks about starclan as he was a chosen cat but honestly it seems like it ruined his life more then helped it. I think he'd be a fascinating breath of fresh air between "starclan is great" "starclan doesn't exist" as "starclan exists but they're kinda dicks"

While mothwings gentle but absolute take no shit attitude to the point of being rude at times would absolutely smack crowfeather on the back of his head when he gets TOO into his head and brooding, she would be willing to let him air his wounds, but she would also not let him linger too hard on them, pushing him more. She would be able to both empathize with crowfeather in some interesting ways, but also counter him in interesting ways.

Hell, maybe you could add some angst of her seeing some of hawkfrost in him, that need for approval, attention, the willingness of lengths to get it if pushed. Especially because i see them as not dating each other but both being there for leafpool. Trying to process her own grief and mixed feelings about her brother through crowfeather. Grieving her brother when he dies but also have her confront crowfeather about the path his own behaviors are leading him down. Giving her a sense of closure of her own voice being meaningful when she sees her words resonate with him.

However, since they'd never naturally seek each other out and definitely wouldn't get this level of closeness on their own, we get to leafpool.

Leafpool gets the breath of fresh air of options and choices and a sense of agency in the relationship, she's the glue, the lynchpin, both mothwing and crowfeather love her, they are there for her, they learn to adjust and compromise for her. She gets the agency of knowing she has choices, she can speak up, and the feeling of being chosen and desired she seems to crave. She gets to dream with crowfeather and encourage mothwing to join in. Then she can find that stability with mothwing and encourage crowfeather to trust as well.

She gets to have a visible notable impact on the relationship, she gets to be leafpool in her entirety, because she knows that even if she has to be mean and loud for her job one day, mothwing will be there to understand even if crowfeather can't, but if another day she wonders what it would be like to run, to never look back, crowfeather can understand that even if mothwing can't, she doesn't have feel like she has to choose parts of her personality, because even if one partner has to step back, the other one can step closer. She gets to know more firmly she's wanted, and worth putting the effort into.

I just think they could work if they put some effort into it to have it work, maybe it would last, maybe it wouldn't, but I think they have a lot of potential. Plus it's funny to imagine mothwing seeing crowfeather brooding too hard and then sitting on him with all her giant fluff while leafpool grooms his head to calm him down so they can talk more calmly. bisexual leafpool and her gilboss wife and boyfailure husband.

Hell maybe it could even encourage Crowfeather into becoming a medicine cat himself if you wanna get REALLY funky because he clearly isn't happy where he is in clan life and maybe being a medicine cat would have an interesting impact.