Hideaway Strath we're all brave until we realize the cockroach has wings

 

Hemlock grinned the moment that Mallaidh took her invitation, the two sparring before the dark puppy offers a little sleepy yawn and Hemlock settles herself down a bit. She is a bit ragged in her breathing, but no worse for the wear, only a couple spots on her forearms smarting from the sharp bite of puppy teeth. She gives a little hummed out song as Mallaidh settled herself, wrapping around the young woman in a moment of tenderness as the child drifts off to sleep. It isn't too long before Hemlock joins her, breath aligning itself neatly around the more rapid tempo of the child as they slept.