the great wcc mate war - VOTING

"Whoooooooooooooosh!"
Quietpaw and Drizzlepaw are both one of a kind. A young tom who's friends with the wind encounters a spacey she-cat who can't stay focused for more than a few seconds. Drizzlepaw's inherent drive to comfort and warm every sad heart she can find leads her to try and understand Quietpaw's introversion, and hopefully heal his loneliness. Quietpaw prefers to stay away from other cats, keeping to himself mostly and struggling to communicate and interact properly at times. Drizzlepaw simply accepts him as he is and welcomes his quirks as he does hers. Together they'll chase the wind. (and their dreams!) CINNAMON ROLLS UNITE!
*Supporting Topic: Topic one, topic two

Shellwater had a pretty tough life. As an apprentice, she was attacked at the RiverClan/WindClan border by an enemy warrior, permanently scarred by his claws. This caused her a lot of issues, such as self-esteem problems and crippling depression. After becoming a warrior, she became mates with her kithood crush, Sleetfang, but they broke up almost immediately after she became pregnant, due to his extensive cheating on her. At this point she had almost given up on life. She was contemplating suicide by the river one day, and nearly drowned when she accidentally fell in, but was saved by Otterleap, after which they became mates. Otterleap had a crush on her ever since they were apprentices, but she never noticed him until then, when she realized that she loved him as well. He catapulted her out of her self-pity and depression, and they were happy together.

Shell's kits from Sleetfang were three she-cats, who Otter had promised to raise as his own- but all three died of a bad outbreak of inactivity greencough as apprentices. When they had their own litter a while later, it also consisted of three daughters: Snowpaw, Sparkwillow, and Splashwillow. During the time when the Mist ran rampant,  Snowpaw was killed by it, frozen to death as she attempted to defend herself and her father. Otter was one of the cats who was kidnapped by the Mist and transported to the caves in Starfall territory. This period of time was extremely hard for Shell, as she had to deal with the death of Snowpaw, and then the death of Sparkwillow (bled out while bearing a forbidden mate's kits) soon after, mostly alone. The only thing she held on to was the hope of her beloved mate's return. Unbeknownst to her, while Otter was away in the caverns, he cheated on her with a ThunderClan she-cat, and she bore his kits.

After Otterleap returned from being kidnapped by the Mist, he broke up with her- feeling guilt about what he'd done, and not wanting to face the consequences of his actions- causing what was left of their tiny family to split apart. Splashwillow, their only remaining daughter, stayed on Otter's side, leaving Shell completely alone. Feeling too broken and worthless to defend her Clan any longer, she retired and became an elder, finding her only joy in her grandkits and the various apprentices who clean her den. Otter, meanwhile, is going through several crises of his own after killing the ThunderClan apprentice, Thistlepaw. Who knows, maybe they'll reconcile someday?
*Supporting Topic: They become mates; they break up; possible reconciliation