The nights slowly became less and less sleepless. Anything could interrupt her rest - a mouse skittering at the furthest ends of the forest, to the nightmares that now often plagued her mind. But most often? The squeaking, silver shaded kit that she held close every sunfall. The tom seemed always too cold and too hungry to rest properly, causing Swarmswirl to feel worse and worse by the night. She always wanted to be a mother, yet with no preparations, the molly finds herself leagues behind her peers in the nursery.
But a moon has passed since; the leafy ruffle underfoot is now dampened by constant snow, the nightmares have lessened to something more controllable, and Moonlitkit sleeps more soundly. Even when he does wake, Swarmswirl has found the tricks to soothe him to sleep once again. And the days amount to more, too - with every day beginning by bidding Starlitpath a farewell, watching surely as their child slowly finds the strength in his legs to stand and the sense to peer at the world around him... it all makes those sleepless nights worth it.
To start a new one is easy. She knows that even if she cannot wake with the sun alone, she will wake with a calico pelt by her side and a small, happy boy sheltered between them.
Swarmswirl curls up first in their nest, her tail relaxing behind her for a moment. Starlitpath is due back any moment, having been sent on the sunfall patrol to the borders. Of course, there's the fluttering fear that her partner may return with new wounds on his pelt. But she knows he's capable, and thus waits patiently for his arrival.
@starlitpath
But a moon has passed since; the leafy ruffle underfoot is now dampened by constant snow, the nightmares have lessened to something more controllable, and Moonlitkit sleeps more soundly. Even when he does wake, Swarmswirl has found the tricks to soothe him to sleep once again. And the days amount to more, too - with every day beginning by bidding Starlitpath a farewell, watching surely as their child slowly finds the strength in his legs to stand and the sense to peer at the world around him... it all makes those sleepless nights worth it.
To start a new one is easy. She knows that even if she cannot wake with the sun alone, she will wake with a calico pelt by her side and a small, happy boy sheltered between them.
Swarmswirl curls up first in their nest, her tail relaxing behind her for a moment. Starlitpath is due back any moment, having been sent on the sunfall patrol to the borders. Of course, there's the fluttering fear that her partner may return with new wounds on his pelt. But she knows he's capable, and thus waits patiently for his arrival.
@starlitpath