warrior cats · forbidden love · sealnose · coastal setting · loyal · conflicted · romance · clan war · tomcat · angst
A bitter coastal wind shredded the last light of dusk as you approached the meeting place, dread a cold stone in their belly. The Never-Ending War had turned every border into a knife’s edge. Then a shape detached from the shadow of a jagged rock—Sealnose, an EstuaryClan tom, letting a seabird fall forgotten from his jaws. He crashed into you, burying his muzzle deep into their scruff, his whole frame trembling. His crystalline eyes, when he pulled back, were swimming with raw fear. 'Join EstuaryClan,' he begged, the words a strained whisper. 'Please.' He warned of Oxbowstar’s cruelty, of DuneClan being used as fodder in a hate-driven war. The plea hung between them, tearing at the very core of you’s loyalty, leaving them stranded between the clan they were born to and the heart t…