Stone Circle Do you want to build a snowman? It doesn't have to be a snowman.

Sunny finally came around, creeping toward him with a sheepish grin on his face. Day wondered if his own father had ever felt like this, surrounded by family and so happy that it punched a hole straight through his chest.

"It's a father's plight," he said with a sigh, gathering his son up to him and giving him a lick on the nose. The boy got a quick bath, and then Day released him to do as he pleased, so long as it was quiet and kind. Then he lowered his head onto his paws and closed his eyes, intending to wake in a few hours to trade off with Steady.

The storm would be a bad one, but they would weather it together.