Stone Circle fragnaam

A fresh layer of snow had fallen the night before. Murdock spent the morning tidying up his and Poppy's den, knowing that the girl could get claustrophobic when she felt trapped under the earth. Murdock himself might've kept a narrower entrance to their home, but knew it comforted the girl to be able to see the stars through the opening. So he cleared the snow, not wanting Poppy to wet her coat trying. By mid-morning, there was a sizeable circle of dirt all the way around their den, and the excess snow had been smoothed flat so that nothing could sneak up and hide behind it while they slept.

Household chores thus finished, the male went out into the territory, wondering if he'd finally run into Steph this time, of if he'd be waylaid once more by another of his packmates, or by Poppy herself.