Lost Creek Hollow lions in winter

lol, you always mess me up and get me changing tenses in the middle of a thread XD

Day waited with bated breath for her answer. It didn't matter how much older he was, or whether or not they were best friends - he would always see Adeline as something to be feared. A great and powerful force, a wolf like nature herself. Something about her seemed diminished, lately, but not even that could change her in his eyes. Without sight, he made her into something both soft and hard, steadfast and tempermental.

Even when her response was lacklustor instead of whipcrack. Even when the tone of her voice offered compromise instead of demands. "If it's all the same, I'd rather go with you," he replied, wishing there was some way to restore what she'd lost on her journey. I tried to warn you, he thought, and then, I always want you around.

He held the words back. And when she moved forward instead of back, he held back even more. We don't have to, and The kids are waiting for me -

But this was Adeline, and he knew he didn't owe her the dust off his paws, but that didn't stop him from wanting to give her the world.

"Lead the way," he said, shooting forward so that they were walking side-by-side, rather than what he'd offered.