Getting to Know the Harbinger

Morning

The next morning Vilkas found Farkas back from a hunt with Aela.
"Had a good night brother?" Vilkas teased as Farkas rubbed his eyes and sat down at the table.
"Yeah," Farkas smiled sleepily, "not as good as I'd like yet, but it was kind of like old times, back before any of us took the blood."
Vilkas just nodded. He'd already noticed his brother didn't smell like sex and neither did Aela, and he was glad Farkas's answer didn't sound like they'd gone hunting in beast form either.
"Just don't lose yourself," he warned more seriously.
"I won't," Farkas promised. "I told Aela I wanted to go hunting like we used to, and she stayed human with me."
"That's good," Vilkas nodded in relief.
"Mmhmm," Farkas nodded. Then he raised his eyebrow curiously as he looked at Vilkas's packed gear. "Where 're you off to?"
"Going to help the Harbinger retrieve a stolen item from a bandit camp," Vilkas replied with a grin. Farkas's only response was a raised eyebrow and a smug smirk... then he slowly narrowed his eyes and Vilkas could tell he was sniffing...
"I know what you're thinking, and no," Vilkas said, shoving his brother's shoulder.
"You smell like her," Farkas teased.
"You smell like Aela," Vilkas shot back. Farkas just smirked at that.
"Not as much as I'd like to," he shrugged.
"What happened to you probably weren't going to do anything about that?" Vilkas laughed.
"Got bored, so I got up the courage to ask her to go hunting," Farkas smirked, "realized I might have more hope than I thought."
"Figured you did," Vilkas replied, rolling his eyes.
"What happened to 'damn it brother I'm not sweet on her!'?" Farkas asked, doing his best impression of Vilkas's irritated snapping voice. Vilkas sighed and rolled his eyes again.
"I decided to take my brother's advice and try to get to know her," Vilkas grumbled. Farkas just laughed and Vilkas seriously considered punching him, but then he heard Kaya coming up the stairs.
"Alright, well," he clapped his brother on the shoulder as he got to his feet, "don't do anything stupid or dishonorable."
"You either," Farkas nodded, still chuckling.