Redhawk Caldera dimpling

For both of them, welcoming a new family together would have a profound effect on the families they already had- but it did not mean they would be loved less or forgotten. For all the sour looks, abrupt chirps and resentment he faced from Sorana, he held no grudge against her for rioting against her mother's new lover. He didn't expect for Killdeer to embrace Teya fully as a stepmother, either- but for each of the parents, their first children would forever be special and loved. 

He exhaled when she leaned against him, breathing heavily into his fur. He thought he knew the fear she felt, though it was different for him, having not witnessed the owl attack. She would always remember how it had looked, to see their son pinned beneath its talons, wings flapping, giving her only an intermittent view of their son's panicked face. He wished he could erase the memory from her mind, but knew that his clipped ear would likely always serve as a reminder. 

All he could do, then, was hold her so she might know how strongly he would hold on to all of their family, too.