Jaz-man

WC: 500+

It was scary watching the pups grow into adults. It seemed like just yesterday they were running around causing trouble one second and the next hanging on every word that came out of his mouth. With Sophia it wasn't so bad, he couldn't relate to her in any way. Jazper left Ghita to explaining things to the orange coated girl. Besides Sophia was so talkative and rebellious at times, much like her mother. The two girls always seemed to have to prove themselves through being stubbornly independent. Aro and Jazper were much more a like in the fact that, even their childhoods were very different, they both had a respect and longing to be like their father.


It had become apparent to the young father that his boy wanted to be a soldier, a fighter, a protector much like himself when Aro was only a few months old. Even back then he was always running around the house pretending to be a giant warrior protecting the manor from the invasion of mice in the winter. Jazper had assumed he would grow out of it but here he still was running into forests and fighting imaginary beasts. His mind was full of imagination and creativity, a thing most boys lost as they started this very important part of their life. The important part being puberty. When the coal warrior had his this stage of his life all he wanted was to shift and after that he had hated his adoptive father for cheating on his mother and rebelled with drinking and trying to prove he was so much more then the man before him. Even when he was little he wanted to prove that he would grow up to be the man his dead father was, not the man his adoptive father had become.


It was about time he approached his son about the changes he was going through. They were so similar that the Knight worried Aro would rebel after he shifted, the same way he had. Walking out of the Manor he followed his sons scent down to the beach walking with purpose. It didn't take the giant long with his large steps to catch sight of the tuxedo colored boy staring into the ocean. With a sigh Jazper shifted down to his halfling form while still hidden by the forest. Walking into the sunshine with four large paws the black bear like figure took a seat beside his boy.


To see the two it was obvious of their relation. Although Aro was just entering his adult years his continuous growth spurt made him as large as a fair sized fully grown adult of a few years. He had obviously inherited his fathers appearance with matching black lined across his back and over sized paws still left to grow into. There was no telling if Aro would match his father for every foot when he was full grown. Still the teenager was lanky and still had to grow into his paws, which seemed to keep growing along side him, while Jazper was broad and had fully developed muscles and a thick chest making for a intimidating sight. Following Aro's turquoise eyes the warrior looked out into the sea with his golden orbs and smiled, “So, what's on your mind?”

Daawww Father Son moments <3

WC: 500+

Looking out at the ocean the father wasn't sure what he was doing, let alone how to approach it. Aro looked up to him in such a way he could have only dreamed his son would but with all this respect came a lot of pressure to say and do the right thing. Since the pups were born Jazper hadn't taken a step out of line. His routine consisted of doing laps around the boarder every early morning, mid day, and night fall. Reading in the library and playing his violin naturally found their way into his days along with the odd trip to Halifax but never had he touched a bottle of alcohol around the pups, or shown them his collection of weapons, or read them a story without a happy ending. He had been determined up till now to keep them his little angels. Now, as he looked at Aro, it was obvious that he had to prepare them for adult life. The violence, the sex, the possible dangers around every corner. The skeletons of wolf reality he had been trying to keep from them for so long.


As his son shifted into an 'at attention' position a smile spread across the warriors lips. His boy was certainly grown. One day, very soon, he would be a proper Knight, a loving warrior and it was his job to expose him to the world without ruining his caring spirit. “I just thought that it was time for another one of our heart to hearts.” His voice was calm and gentle, he never had a problem keeping a calm and under control exterior these days but he had plenty of practice. The father and son hardly had serious talks. Usually they talked about fighting and hunting and training in a light but education based way. They had fun learning and growing as father and son. Today it was time for another serious talk though. It was time Jazper told the boy that it was okay not to do the right thing all the time, a lesson he didn't really want to teach.


His sons half questions caught his attention and brought him back to reality. Golden orbs looked away form the water and to his tuxedo coated boy. “Mhm?” He encouraged, “What do you want me to show you?” He was eager to start talking to Aro about anything as long as the conversation started. It was the starting of conversation that Jazper had always failed to make a strength of his. Chatting away answering questions or asking questions sure, but finding a topic to question or answer was the problem. All he wanted was for his boy to take advantage of his knowledge and skills, to learn everything he could and have a healthy respect for others and himself. He wanted him to have a father figure he could look to for answers, the father he never had. Lucifer had raised him the other half of his childhood but his birth father had taught him the lessons he would never forget. Lucifer just taught him not to end up a drunken loser like him.

WC: 500+

Jazper’s childhood had been a complicated one to say the least. His father-son relationship had been strained with Lucifer but he had been all he had as a father figure. In reality the strongest values and the fluffy goody two shoes lessons had come from his birth father Ares. He doubted he would have been taught about sex, drugs, alcohol and what a bad relationship looked like if he had been lucky enough to live with his parents into his teenage years. It had been Lucifer that taught him about the rough side of life and exposed him to the harshness of the real world. A world he had been protecting his son and daughter from all year and now was about to shatter.


Giving his son his full attention he nodded along. Shifting couldn’t quite be learned but shown and worked towards until your body was ready. He could easily tell the boy what it felt like and see if he would have the same luck Ghita had. “Shifting is all about feel boy. Think about how it would feel and what you would possibly look like. It’s hard to teach someone past trying. If you try and think hard eventually your body will change with your thoughts.” Shifting his large paws he looked down with a smile as he noticed his son’s paws were nearing his own in size. “Fighting we can work on every day if need be. Once you shift we have a lot of work to do to get you use to fighting in all three forms and with weapons. There’s knives, swords, axes, daggers, whips, staves. We’ll have to work for at least a few months before you can work on things on your own.”


Pausing for a second he considered what the ‘other things’ could be. Given Aro’s expression the topics of choice seemed to line up with the conversation he had come here with the intention of having. “Aro I erm..” Clearing his throat he looked nervously out to the water, “I want to talk to you about something my dad talked to me about when I was about your age. You see when wolves start shifting they start having...feelings..for the opposite sex.” His cheeks grew hot under his ebony fur but he kept talking as though he wasn’t fazed at all, “When the time comes that you start looking at females you should do so with respect and care. Always be as tender as you can because no female will want an arrogant ass pushing them around.” The last part was perhaps not as graceful as it should be but a hint of Lucifer’s rough around the edges vibe had rubbed off on his parenting style. “When I was younger I met a couple of girls myself and not a single one of those relationships worked out until I found your mother. The world will give you someone meant for you, son, and when you find her you better be ready to show her how much you care or you might just loose her.” Looking back to his boy in all seriousness he waited to judge his reaction and stop for questions before he moved onto the other topic of choice.

A couple more posts each to wrap this up so we can start our 'big brother' thread in a couple weeks?

WC: 500+

So far so good. The ebony male was almost proud of himself for getting this far into the conversation. Aro was listening and he kept talking with some sort of knowledge. A smile spread across his face as he stared out at the ocean a sense of peace over coming him. Who knew that a pup raised with such a shaky past could have come so far. Sitting here with his son reminded him of when his father was still alive, and those couple of nights he had spent with Lucifer on hunts. He remembered looking up to the father figures of his past with large golden hope filled eyes. Just wishing he could turn out to be such a warrior or a hunter as his fathers. Always listening with ears large and eyes wide awaiting the day he would grow up and be just like his dads. In reality that never happened. He had turned out to be exactly the way the divine had wanted him to and nothing he could have done would change that.


Seeing his sons face change slightly, the same questioning look he use to get when his mind would start spinning in circles full of questions and things he wanted to say but wasn't sure he should. Relaxing the Knight tried his best to show in his posture that he was calm and open to any questions. However, he hadn't been expecting the words he heard. Shock landed quickly and blatantly on the fathers face. The wording, though he didn't know it wasn't meant the way it sounded, had caught him off guard. Trying to recover from his sudden shock he coughed trying to cover up the reaction he knew he son wouldn't accept kindly.


“Well Aro..” Clearing his throat once more he looked at the boy with some confusion on his face, “It's okay at your age to be friendly with more than just one female. To get to know how different girls act and such.” He wasn't sure if he was saying what he was suppose to. Maybe he wasn't cut out to be a father? “When I was your age I rather enjoyed getting to know different girls. Just if you really like one make sure you treat her well. You don't have to rush into a mateship. Heck I didn't find your mother until about a year ago.” Shifting his paws in the sand he looked down, “What I'm trying to say is it's okay to get to know a bunch of girls but when you find someone special treat them the way you feel.” Bringing his golden orbs back to meet Aro's eyes he added, “Am I making sense at all?” Jazper had never been the best at these sorts of conversations and it didn't look like he was about to get any better. All he could hope was that his son would treat females the way he treated Ghita. A certain tenderness and honesty was always essential in making a relationship work.

Last post for you and then I'll start the big bro thread?

WC: 300+



Relationships were something that Jazper had never been especially good at. In fact if you had a look at his track record you'd see a coyote who had a miscarriage and ran off and a gay male that had attached himself to Jazper in a fling. He had never told Ghita about his past relationships and he never pried into her past relationship. All he knew was the guy was an asshole to her and ended up leaving her. Yet here he was, son awaiting some sort of secret to love or just to sex. How was he suppose to talk about these things with him? He couldn't even talk to Ghita about their pasts and Aro wanted him to talk about females.


It was hard to explain the the boy that there was an expecting level of restraint and grace needed in these delicate situations. Obviously Aro wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings but you never knew what stupid things a young adult would do in the name of supposed love. All Jazper wanted for his boy, and he was sure Ghita would agree, was a happy life and a family of his own. It had taken this long for the warrior to get his own family but who knew what the future held for his large son. Perhaps he would move away and join a different pack or maybe he would have a humble start to a family, like the Knight had, in the lands of Crimson Dreams.


The words that escaped from his sons mouth shocked the father until he caught the playful glimpse from the boy. “Well I dare you to treat a girl with less than impeccable kindness and have to deal with your own natural consequences.” The same glint in his amber eyes. Every male on the planet knew not to mess with a female. Hell even pups knew to listen to the female of the family. If you didn't do what your girl wanted you ended up sleeping alone. “Anyways, just enjoy yourself but don't break too many hearts alright?” Standing up he motioned towards the mansion, “Bout time I got heading back I suppose.” He enjoyed talking to Aro but he knew Ghita would be waiting for him to come home before the went for a hunt. The fresh meat was always the best.