Clearly, Bumblestar had been waiting for disdain that would never come. Her shoulders sagged and she let her eyes flutter shut as she leaned her head against his. Rare from him, rare from her, a moment she savored until it was over. Then she drew back.
"Y'know I won't be resting for long," she rasped. It never did stay for long, did it? Brief moments of peace shattered by illness and grief, or war and threats to their borders.
Rest was something she had never been good at in the first place and had then completely forgotten how to indulge in the second she had claimed her place among ThunderClan's highest. Even now, she was only staying down because she physically couldn't do anything else.
"First thing tomorrow, I'll call everyone up. Think I... overdid it today." Waking up from the longest "sleep" of her life, finding out the medicine cat she'd personally endorsed had enforced her death and the death of her patrol, going after him the second she could stand... it was more than just draining and she was thirsty and hungry and exhausted. She could take the night to get her strength back, and then she would break the news.
With a sigh that turned into a groan, she sank back down into the cuddle pile.
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