Bearclaw Valley don't drag me to a sea of flame

this can be a single posts welcome thread! <33 just some father development

they were all very tiny.
ancelin, who had been compelled to overcome his fear of entering the den for long by ameline's need to be away, now crept sheepish and shaggy among them. hung with his usual necklaces of dew, tousled with foliage, stained with sap, and tracking mud from one recalcitrant hind-paw, ancelin lay down among his daughters.
a pine needle fell onto @Athella's head, and he hastily blew it away. his breath gusted over @Andrelia, his shocked inhale at waking them up disturbed @Avalita, and his sound of annoyance at himself roused @Adalynn.
good job! he thought angrily at himself, nosing over each babe in turn and hoping they would go back to sleep, because he was already panicking a little.