firetiger anon: oh yeah no understandable re: angst, nw! i love that evil firetiger excerpt, the evil does come across :D and it's fun that it seems like fireheart is harsher than tigerstar? mostly because of how tigerstar seems anxious?
but also the good au 🥺❤ the power of love keeps winning so much it can bring tigerclaw back, i love it. i think goldenfiretiger would be REALLY cute in this instance but just firetiger is just as good!! goldenfiretiger just... it gets me going all: goldenflower 🤝 fireheart -> using love to get tigerclaw to be good again.
ty for your thoughts :D
yeah my brain's a weird tangle when it comes to things. if y'all ever see it, y'know. consider it a moment of matthew making some progress. if not, well, that's that.
THANK yeah there's...the doc title is "gay king shit" lmao. it all takes place after tpb times, so. how they got there is a bit of a mystery.
fireheart's way harsher than normal in that scene bc he just got woken up to discover his mate has two kits, and seeing as neither of them can get pregnant...so yeah. it's about the only time that tigerstar is scared. because fireheart's pissed!
frankly, fireheart's like...he's normally the calm, chill one. something went wrong? you want to bring it to fireheart first.
but.
when he has to get his paws dirty?
it's brutal.
for a more normal scene, bc ik i'm not posting this au for a while:
“Good.” Tigerstar’s face softens. “I…Fireheart and I have adopted a litter of kits, but their mother is dead. They need milk.”
“Right.” He’s not asking her if she will, but if he did, she’d say yes. Kits are kits, and they don’t deserve to starve.
Mistyfoot follows Tigerstar to his den. The sun is just starting to rise, and Blackfoot is organizing patrols. Fireheart usually “supervises,” but today, he’s missing. Featherclaw and Stormfang are sharing a fish, but she doesn’t look straight at them. She’s glad they’re alive, but they were still willing to kill her.
She doesn’t think she blames them.
It’s just hard.
Tigerstar stands to one side, allowing her into the den first. He dips his head, slightly, but the respect is a performance.
Fireheart is curled tightly around two kits, although he unfurls slightly in her presence. “Mistyfoot! Sorry to drag you away from your kits.”
“It’s alright.” He stands carefully, sitting next to Tigerstar, and she slides into his place. The kits can’t be a half moon old, their eyes still shut and their ears barely open, and they must be starving, because they start suckling from her without hesitation. She closes her eyes, deciding she can, if nothing else, finally sleep.
and yes! i just. the power of love.
and like it really is just tigerclaw's deep desire to be with fireheart but it grows! he was wrong! and he really fucked up in being wrong! so yeah.
fire/golden/tiger isn't MY poison of choice but it's definitely an excellent ship
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