Blacktail Deer Plateau when the lights go out

Slight power-play. Let me know if you mind! One more from you, then archive? :)

Eventually, the delicate sounds of Saēna eating faded and, a moment later, she appeared at Osprey's side sporting a beard of blood. The teary-eyed Alpha pup blinked at her, then leaned into the affectionate gestures with a whistling whimper. The smell of blood was thick in her nose and she absently returned her cousling's ministrations, the comforting taste taking the edge off her forlorn mood.

Still, she didn't have much of an appetite herself. After cleaning the gore from Saēna's pale fur and leaving her with a baby pink stain, Junior sighed and flopped to the ground. "Stay? Wif me?" she asked quietly, thumping a paw on the ground to invite Saēna to curl up beside her.

When Saēna obliged, Junior somewhat roughly slung a foreleg about the smaller pup's neck and dragged her closer. She then shifted until she was lying on her side, Saēna clasped against her breast like a teddy bear. Osprey seized one of the Omega pup's rusty-red ears and latched onto it like a pacifier, then sighed one last time and fell into a fitful sleep.