Sun Mote Copse Where it stops nobody knows

At first glance, he thought maybe she'd just stumbled- it was easy to do, what with the footing beneath the snow being so hard, and where the ground was bare, it was nothing but a thin layer of cold dust on top of hard earth. In the summer, it had been so much easier to dig his claws in to accelerate and turn, but the winter seemed to make each and every aspect of hunting more difficult. When she went down on her shoulder, his proud smile turned into a frown, and though he didn't allow himself to drop the rabbit, he made his way over to her, head lowered and tail stiffly pointing straight out behind him. 

She was leaning off to one side, which meant that she was avoiding putting weight on her other leg. He dropped the rabbit at her feet, and leaned forward to gently touch his nose toward her shoulder, stiffening when he got close enough to sense her apprehension. It worried him, and he lifted his nose suddenly, accidentally running the tip of his nose through the fur of her cheek. He blushed. "You...Uh, you OK?"