Coop 084: Next Gen

Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in a certain boy’s adventures because the Amaranthine Saga & Songs are mine. Please continue to indulge the lot of us, especially the one who’s feeling his years.

84
Next Gen

Gabe’s posture shifted like a wolf’s would. “Hello, Torloo. It has been a while.”

Coop checked, “You’ve met?”

“Oh, yes. We played together as children. But that was a long time ago.”

“Wow. You’ve been friends all your lives?”

Gabe said, “Mine, certainly.”

That was boggling, but not in a bad way. “And now Torloo can be friends with your son? Guess you’re pretty lucky, huh, Mikoto?”

The little boy shyly asked, “Are we friends?”

Torloo’s expression went four ways at once—sad and soft and old and kind. But he knelt before Mikoto and opened his arms, promising, “Friends.”

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Posted: January 10, 2025
Prompt: “different directions,” suggested by Lexie
Words: 100

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Summary: Cole Pfeiffer-Cooper, who prefers to be called Coop, became part of a pack way before the world found out about the Amaranthine. An Amaranthine Saga & Songs serial. Cozy Fantasy. Slice-of-Life. Family. Pack. Begins here. You can suggest a prompt here. To scroll through archived chapters, use the Coop & the Elderbough Trackers tag.

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