hermit the frog || spottedleaf & thistleclaw pmv (warrior cats)

song is hermit the frog by Marina & the Diamonds so the story here is kinda split in 3 stages: 1. right after spottedleaf’s heart; spotted and thistle are tense around each other after spottedleaf gets away from him. spottedleaf seeks protection in her med cat duties and in starclan, but she still feels haunted by the cat she sees every day. still she doesnt know why he makes her so viscerally uncomfortable 2. flashback!! spottedpaw has fully caught thistleclaw’s attention, and she doesn’t know any better 3. spottedleaf, older now, has realized the situation she was in and feels angry at herself, thistleclaw, and even starclan for what happened. looking back, she feels helpless because no one would’ve suspected thistle to be a gr**mer—cats like bluefur knew he was a bad guy, sure, but not a predator. no one recognised it, but now spottedleaf does, and she recognises it when firepaw shows up PS spottedleaf deserved better from the authors :-( she was a very interesting character in the books but didn’t get much focus other than being the “pretty girl love interest” Characters: Bluefur Spottedleaf/paw/kit Thistleclaw Random starclan cats Tigerpaw Tiny