Wild Rye Fields The Future's Not That Far Away

Cottongrass was indeed far from being an old man. Her papa was an old man, or so she thought with the amount of gray fur that was starting to overtake the once rich ebony strands, but not this fellow and it was this factor that made it easier for the little Avalon to go full throttle in her attempts at getting the pale man to rise to his paws again. If her grip on his fluffy ears wouldn't do the trick to get him up and moving again then Sphinx would just have to get creative and find a new method that would do the trick.

Luckily, though, it seemed the combination of sharp puppy teeth raking the vulnerable area of the ear worked enough to stimulate a whined and drawn out no from the fallen Rye wolf. A lifted paw shortly after coming up to try and swat the pup away from the sensitive skin that was being tormented by the razor edges of her teeth before claiming that she, Sphinx Avalon, of all wolves was a bully. The thought was completely absurd to the young girl! Had he not met her brothers yet? Lucky bloke if he hadn't, but that didn't stop her teeth from loosening their grip in order to release a huff of her own. "Am not!" She exclaimed with a playful, childish growl.

But that was the moment Sphinx had made a crucial mistake. She let him free.

Suddenly there was an unexpected weight draping over her slim shoulders and soft amber eyes widened in disbelief at what was happening, unable to fight off the strength his paw presented as it dragged her down into the plush fur of his chest. Pinned and defeated under a chirped claim of tag. Pft, she knew he was a cheater! A ferocious growl resonated in her tiny chest as she flopped onto her side and pressed her limbs against his chest to try and break free from his grasp, but her tiny muscles were of no use defeating this behemoth and resulted in her energy draining slowly. Instead, she calmed slightly and laid there silently after releasing a heavy huff of disapproval.

Defeat accepted.

Gonna fade and archive this just to get it out of the way <3

It was official.

This was the crowning achievement in his life. The memory he would spend the rest of his days bragging and reminiscing about because this was the moment he knew his life had peaked. And he was sure it would be even more of a downward spiral from here on out but he couldn't bring himself to mind. Not when he just spent the past several minutes going toe-to-toe with a very determined puppy that had so many sharp teeth and won.

His tail thumped against the ground somewhere behind him and his jaws parted in a tired smile. He ignored the little wolf's growls and the cold paws pushing against his chest. All he wanted was a few minutes of silence to bask in his victory. And at her defeated sigh — he lifted his stocky leg to give her room. She lost but that didn't mean he was about to crush her. Jessie and Drestig would probably kill him. He didn't even want to think about Askan and Reyes might do if they found out what he did to an innocent puppy.

"I won." He crooned to no one in particular before carefully putting more space between him and the puppy. It took some awkward wiggling on his part but he managed just fine. He rolled onto his feet and stared down at her. His tail continued to wiggle and wag behind him. It was getting late. She seemed tired.

"We should head back." He decided with a very wise nod of his head. Who knew if someone was looking for her or something back at the den. And with the utmost care — Cottongrass reached down to give her a bump with his nose before heading off. "C'mon."

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