Title: Wooden
Word count: 265
Fandom: Warriors
Summary: Briarlight asks Jayfeather why he's distracted.
Notes: This is a combination of one-sided Briar x Jay and one-sided Jay x Stick. I am not sorry. XD
Briarlight had a huge crush on Jayfeather.
She knew it was ridiculous, that he was a medicine cat, that he was blind, that she was lamed... but somehow, she just couldn't help it. He was nice, caring, if a little gruff, and had helped her through so much. She spent far too much time worrying about what would happen if he found out, what would happen if she let him find out, what would happen if he felt the same way, if, if, if...
And then she called herself a fool and talked to her mother about innocent things, but she still felt the same way.
Recently, Jayfeather had been leaving the medicine den a lot more than usual.
"Where are you going?" she asked him curiously. "Out looking for herbs?" It was nearing the end of greenleaf, perhaps he was storing up herbs for leaf-fall and leafbare.
"Uh...no," Jayfeather admitted. "It's something else, actually..." He trailed off, looking self-conscious.
"What is it?" Briarlight prompted. Her heart fluttered. If he confided in her, would that mean he...? No, that was ridiculous.
Jayfeather coughed and mumbled, "I'm looking for...for my stick."
"Your...stick?" Briarlight said faintly.
"Yes," he admitted. "I have this stick, and well, it means a lot to me, and I can't find it, and..."
"I...see," Briarlight said. "Well...good luck."
"Uh...yeah, thanks," Jayfeather replied, sounding embarrassed. He turned and walked over to his nest to take a nap.
Briarlight went to sleep that night feeling horrible. He was more in love with a stick than he was with her!