Redhawk Caldera [m] i know you feel it, too

For @Peregrine! ( ♥‿♥ )
I have to run to the store, but we can spree today if you're down!

Over the past week, Fox had been rushing around, a sense of urgency overtaking her usual laid-back demeanor. She couldn't even place it, and she had been distancing herself from Peregrine far more than usual. There was no logical reason for it, as far as she understood, but when she had awoken to an empty den this morning, she suddenly realized what was happening. It was happening. Suddenly, Fox was aching for her mate's company. It was as if there was a sudden emptiness in her life that had never been there before. Bursting out of the den and into the cold light of the winter solstice morning, she blinked twice, then immediately let out an urgent call to Peregrine, her tone filled with longing.

If anybody else dared to come near her now, they would be met with hostility. She wanted him and only him. Fox knew that she would be irritable, even toward Peregrine, until this phase passed. She vaguely remembered these things from when Tuwawi and Njal had been entwined for an entire week, but it was mostly instinct that told her these things. She wanted the company of Peregrine and no other.