5/4/2025, 3:41 AM
he found her there. basking in the ripples of the stream. he had smelled her first— ocean perfumes with a sorta flower that he didn't have a clue what it was called— but it was winnie. pregnancy had been taking a toll on her, and in truth, it had been her own fault that she ended up this way.
though he didn't feel regret. only pride. until she slipped away in the early creaking-light of dawn to spill bile from her throat. he hadn't been worried, of course. women went through a lot of their own changes...morning sickness being one of them. that much he could assume.
when he stepped out from the golden blades of grass and onto the rocky riverbed, he gave her hind a nuzzle. assuming she was spooked,
though he didn't feel regret. only pride. until she slipped away in the early creaking-light of dawn to spill bile from her throat. he hadn't been worried, of course. women went through a lot of their own changes...morning sickness being one of them. that much he could assume.
when he stepped out from the golden blades of grass and onto the rocky riverbed, he gave her hind a nuzzle. assuming she was spooked,
sorry, darlin'.he said with a broken smile, lowering the fawn just before her tail crested the water's edge.
feelin' better?his nose came to bless her crown with a soft kiss. his eyes escaped them as they raked over the swell of her abdomen, gaze swimming with a darkness that only she could understand.