Summary: You miss your pack and want to be near them again. This mission separates you from them for a month, and it leaves you a little restless. You're excited when they come home and so are they! Until they get a wiff of you, and they aren't too happy with your new smell.
You couldn't help but pace around when the base felt empty like this. Sure, there were some newer recruits that milled around, being instructed by other officers. They weren't your pack, your team to take care of, though, so you didn't do so.
You busied yourself ordering new curtains for the living room area, rearranging furniture to a cozier layout, and spent almost every day walking around the inside and outside of base to find something to do. No one to cook for or give medication to. No one to chat with or soothe.
To make matters worse, you had used the last of your favorite strawberry shortcake body oil. You already ordered two more bottles, but until the package arrived, you were stuck using a spare pineapple and coconut one. You sometimes sat with Laswell, who was silently praying that the team returned a little sooner. She loved talking with you, but she could also see how anxious you were without anything to do.
The nurses helped you by letting you volunteer with the rookies who needed someone to sit and talk with them. They all enjoyed your presence, and you made a mental promise to visit the infirmary at least once a week to visit anyone feeling down in recovery.
The month passed painfully slow. Even though you were counting down the days of the teams return, you were caught off guard by they get back four days earlier. You were walking around the inside of the base, heading toward the living room when two arms wrap around your waist and lift you off the ground.
"Jesus!" You yelp, defensively kicking a leg back for a second only to hear a familiar chuckle. "Price! You're back!" The excitement in your tone dies down immediately when Price sets you down and growls a little in your ear.
"What are you wearing!? Why do you smell like that!?" Price interrogates as he sniffs at your ears and face. He could see your ears drooping, nose twitching like crazy as you listened to his words.
"Like what?? I mean, I ran out of my regular body oil, but -" Johnny buries his nose into your neck, also having snuck up on you for a snuggle. "Johnny!" You scold harshly when he nips your neck a little too hard for your liking and snarls in your ear. You swat his forehead and force his head away from you despite the dejected whine he gives you.
"Sorry, Y/N. I know we're being mean... But you smell different. You don't smell like us or like your usual smell. Don't like it." Johnny whimpers, his ears low and tail tucked between his legs.
"Well, don't nip at me so hard, okay? Your teeth are very sharp." You warn as Price starts rubbing his head back and forth across your shoulder. "Are you scenting me!?"
"We have too, Y/N. You gotta smell right." Price murmurs, and that's all you get out before Kyle and Simon descend on you with furious sniffing and huffing.
Almost an hour later, Price had placed an order for your body oil in bulk. You'd also been sandwiched between all four of your pack mates, who spent the whole time scenting you. Your bed wasn't meant to hold all of you, but Johnny and Kyle fought over who got to groom your hair and ears, while Price and Simon nuzzle and rub their faces against your tummy and shoulders.
There were a few nips, which you didn't scold unless they were a little too rough. You couldn't help but grin and giggle the entire process. Not only was your team back, but they had seeked you out first. They were acting like a little pack of puppies, whining and pouting at their den mothers.
"Alright! Boys!" You plea through some giggles, which gets all of their focus on you. "You all haven't eaten properly in a month. I need to make you dinner." You insist as you try to wriggle yourself from their grip.
"We'll order something!" Johnny insisted immediately, and Kyle nods eagerly beside you.
"Please? Just tonight?" John asks quietly as he rests his chin on your stomach. You huff a little, but you could hear the soft thumping of tails and you couldn't fight the four sets of puppy eyes facing you.
"Okay! Just tonight. I also re did the living room to look more like a den. We can eat there tonight. Like a sleepover." You offer, watching as Simon reluctantly pulls himself away from the cuddle puddle to grab some take out menus for everyone to look over and choose food from. When he returns, he drops himself down happily onto the bed.
CRACK!
The bed sunk down immediately, the room falling completely silent for a long moment. "And here I thought I'd never break a bed frame.." You joke, slapping a hand over your mouth after. Johnny barks out a quick laugh, and everyone soon joins in. You were laughing so hard you couldn't take a breath, letting out a snort when you tried to take in a breath.
That sent Kyle back into a fit of giggles, spurring Simon's loud rumbling laugh. After five minutes of laughing and ten minutes of trying to pry yourselves out of the beds wreckage, you were standing above the sucken mattress.
"Well. I guess we will be having a sleepover in the new den, huh?" You tease as you turn to Simon. He looks a little guilty, his ears lowered as he nuzzles your head slightly. "Oh, Simon, don't worry about it, okay? I'll get a new bed frame soon. Right now, it's time to order food and watch a movie."
"And more cuddle pile?" Kyle asks hopefully, pressing his nose against your shoulder and looking up at you.
"After you all take a shower. We all stink now. I promise I won't use my other body oil." You swear, making all four wolves grumble happily.
I wanted to tie back the original drabble I wrote for this into an actual chapter, and I needed some fluff before I do introduce a little bit of angst... maybe. I'm sensitive so it might not happen lmao. Hope yall enjoy :]
Piggybacking off the last ask about action RPGs, there's a Japanese only Super Famicom isometric(?) dungeon crawler I remember liking but I couldn't begin to remember the name. I know the name was Japanese. You could pick one of a few characters, I think one of them used a long distance flail? I remember the graphics being very dark. Not like "grimdark" but literally dark color choices. Any ideas?
I'm not sure, but it sounds like Arcus Spirits, a 1991 Super Famicom game by Wolf Team. It did get a US release, but only on Genesis, and they renamed it as Arcus Odyssey.
OCR04918:
Tales of Phantasia: I'm Gonna DOUSE Dhaos! - Unknown Pseudoartist, jnWake, minusworld, Pixels and Paradiddles
[Conclusion]
from OverClocked ReMix; originally a track on Unknown Pseudoartist's album Songs of Phantasia: A Metal Tribute to Tales of Phantasia. find more by all the artists linked below
song credits:
Unknown Pseudoartist: arrangement, base programming, production, ideas, etc.
A PAL copy of Road Avenger for the Mega CD. Originally released in arcades as Road Blaster and developed by Data East, this Mega CD port features a new intro song and a simplified turbo
