Redhawk Caldera Memoreyes

As soon as he finished eating, Peregrine licked his chops and turned to face his sleeping family. He slowly lowered himself onto his belly, then craned forward to sniff at them. It was amazing they were all asleep like this, even little Wildfire. Little did he know that she had been feeling under the weather the entire previous day and had barely made a sound. If and when he found out about that, he wouldn't know whether to feel guilty for leaving his mate alone with their sick child or relieved that Fox had had a perfectly timed break from Wildfire's usual noisiness.

Nightjar started to move, effectively stealing his father's attention. Peregrine stared raptly. He knew the boy's eyes had opened the morning prior, shortly before he'd left to go hunting. He held his breath, waiting for them to open now. His son didn't make him wait. Suddenly, they were staring at one another. The puppy seemed a bit intimidated and flattened himself, though his little tail wiggled, eliciting a giddy chuckle from the Alpha male.

He lowered his head between his forelegs so that his chin was flush with the floor. He then smiled at his son, his own tail wagging behind him powerfully enough to slightly sway his entire body. Ever so slowly and gently, he inched forward so their noses touched. Peregrine's tongue then curled out to lick at Nightjar's face.