[He was amazed but not surprised that Steve was willing to throw everything - pack, potential, and rank - aside to run off with him into the night. They would both lose everything, forever outcasts in their own society and they could be harmed and everything taken away that they had gathered for themselves thereafter. It was a risk few would pledge to take. It warmed him to the seriousness of Steve's want to be close to him.
But he wouldn't do it. It was not a life he would ever lead. He leaned up, burying his nose into Steve's golden ruff of fur and breathing deep the other wolf's scent, letting it fill his head and lure him.]
No, we will stay and we will live and start a family just the same. Neither of us are cowards, and I won't run away from this. That is my first want and decision. Do you agree?
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But he wouldn't do it. It was not a life he would ever lead. He leaned up, burying his nose into Steve's golden ruff of fur and breathing deep the other wolf's scent, letting it fill his head and lure him.]
No, we will stay and we will live and start a family just the same. Neither of us are cowards, and I won't run away from this. That is my first want and decision. Do you agree?