Lost Creek Hollow there's fear in letting go

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the new father — though this was his second time stepping into the role — spent his days tending to @Ash Paw's needs while she tended to the sunchildren at her breast.

he offered her small breaks when she needed, nuzzling against the tiny cubs, hoping that they might know him in a way his shadowchildren never had; hoping this bonding as newborns might offer him a better foot in the door.

when he's not doing that, he takes small breaks away from the flutter of chaos at the eyjolfur family den to run small patrols.

this was where ingram could be found in the early hours of dawn, the witching hour tugging at him to consult with his threadbones. something he has not done since the birth of his sunchildren. but he resists.

there would be time for priestly duties. now, he needed to be husband. he needed to be father. he needed to be contributing member of riverclan.