Resolute

***Austin*** Sitting down in my chair in the cabin, I can't help the thoughts that slowly creep back in, like this cabin, this chair, has made it all more real. You're not a fraud, Austin. Logically, no. But everything I am, everything I have built, was another version of me. You're still the same man, and I am still the same wolf I ever was before Ella. Just like I said last night, Atlas says gently. I drum my fingers on the desk for a moment before I open up my laptop, letting it turn itself on and boot up my usual applications. Just gotta plow forward. And you will. These feelings are temporary, and normal. You will feel comfortable in your skin again very soon. Before I can navigate the program on my laptop, there is a knock at the door. "Make it quick," I announce loudly, and