Sun Mote Copse Can the child within my heart rise above

*swoops in*

After his successful hunt, Bronco had dragged a good portion of the elk carcass home, even though it was a tiresome ordeal, to present it to the pack and share it with his packmates. He felt like it was an accomplishment- having brought down a young elk, with the aid of a complete but kind stranger. He'd separated the kill into a few smaller parts, making it easier to stash them away, and there had been a good deal to stash. Even now, days later, he had bits and pieces of the elk kill still stored, and decided to unearth a part he'd been saving as a meal, when he saw Fennec in the distance. 

He found she could be hard to read, sometimes. But from a distance, he noticed the sullen look of her features- and wasn't entirely sure if that was simply how she looked when she wasn't putting on a face for a conversation, or if she did truly feel down. Word had spread that Penn hadn't been seen in a few days, which made Bronco think even less of the guy. He'd witnessed first hand the effect it hd when a family member took off without saying goodbye, and he remembered how much it'd hurt when Nellie disappeared. His mother still ached- and he wasn't sure the two had even made up yet. So he found it inconsiderate of Penn to disappear on the rest of his family and pack in the wake of Elwood and Finley's deaths. 

He also knew that Fennec, for some reason, more-than-tolerated him. He felt jealous, knowing that she would even give him the time of day, considering how much of a dick Bronco thought he was. And so, quietly turning on his heel, he departed, unearthed a good chunk of elk meat, and tracked Fennec down again, hoping to impress her by gifting her with a part of his kill. Only- it wasn't only Fennec that he found. In the time it had taken him to get to his stash and dig up the elk, he'd lost his opportunity at catching Fennec alone...But he'd been told, by his mother, that chicks loved a guy who was good with kids...So this was potentially his chance to double impress her.

He pranced toward the two of them, and called out, "Frhhnnnn,"  puffing air around the morsel of elk meat he carried with him. His gaze was fixed on Fennec and Meerkat- so it took him a moment longer to notice Towhee, who understandably was shadowing her youngster. He humbled himself, and immediately dropped his proud prance, ashamed that he'd even thought to strut, as he continued toward the small gathering. Of course, Fennec wouldn't have seen him prancing his way toward her, but Towhee and Meerkat would have...And that was more than enough to humble him.