White paws hit the ground in a slow, almost lazy manner; the white wolf held a leaf bag in her maw, full of herbs, she had wandered into the tundra from the forests, though she had barely even noticed. Anyone who knew the fae would probably notice by the way she held herself, she wasn’t in a good mood. Not angry per-say, she was upset, with herself, and afraid of what would be thought of her. See, awhile ago, quite awhile ago at this point, in fact, Linwe and her mate had been spending some time learning about herbs, they had met a young eagle named Aremar, who had conversed with them momentarily before they were attacked by a lynx. Eol had, had the correct reaction, to attack the lynx and save their new friend, Lin, however, had done nothing. Why? She didn’t know, she had just not reacted at all, she had wanted to… But something had been stopping her.

The fact that she couldn’t explain her own actions, or lack there of, made her afraid to face her mate again. Eol had taken off with the lynx that had been killed and took it back to the dens, while Lin just went back to looking for herbs. What else could she do? She didn’t want to face Eol again, not yet. ‘What are you doing, Lin? He’s your mate! What are you so afraid of?! No one died, of course he’ll forgive you!’ This was true, but at the same time, if he was angry with her, that would be much, much worse. Linwe wasn’t one to care about what others had to say about her, but with Eol… It was different; his opinion meant everything to her.

Closing her sightless eyes, Lin slowed to a stop and sat down, dropping her bag of herbs into the ground. What was she even doing? She wasn’t going anywhere, just mindlessly collecting herbs; she didn’t even want to go back to the dens, so what was the point of the herbs? Sighing heavily Lin laid down on the ground and rested her head on her paws, a couple of tears sliding down her cheeks. Part of her just wanted to go to sleep and not wake up again, it would be so much easier to do that, wouldn’t it? Then facing this thing called life? But no, that would be the easy way out, and Lin had never taken the easy road. Closing her eyes, Linwe allowed herself to drift off into a light sleep in an attempt to escape her problems that may, or may not be there.

The sound of a mournful howl caused the femme to stir slightly and she frowned, there was something familiar about the voice that had howled, however she was still to far asleep to really put her paw on it. Perhaps she had been more tired then she had let herself believe. Curling up more in the fluffy white substance that surrounded the fae, known as snow, Lin curled her tail over her nose in attempt to go back to sleep. However, before she had a chance to resume her resting, the presence of another alerted her, but the presence wasn’t a threatening one, it was actually quite comforting in a way. Lin knew it was another wolf, and she groaned, she really didn’t want to deal with someone else right now…

“LIN!” Linwe barely had time to lift her head to the familiar voice before a heavy form collided with the blind fae, sending them both tumbling back into the snow. “ACK!” She called out, coughing a couple times as they stopped. Blinking her milky eyes a couple of times Lin frowned a little, bopping her mate on the nose gently with her paw. “I was trying to sleep thank-you-very-much” She teased but grinned a little, she was happy to see him despite. As he started to lick and nuzzle her she started to giggle/laugh and squirm under him. “E-Eol! Stop that!” She hissed, attempting to push his face away with her paw. Secretly, she was glad no one was watching.

As he exclaimed that he was worried about her, a small frown formed on her maw. “I’m sorry, Eol…” She muttered softly and gave his cheek a gentle lick before nuzzling him lovingly. As he moved off of her, Lin sat up and shook some of the snow that had clumped in her already snowy fur, giving her pelt a couple of licks. At his question, the blind femora sighed softly. “I… Decided to go get some more herbs… And lost track of time” She half-lied, it wasn’t the whole reason, but it was part of it.

As he talked about how worried he was about her, she smiled sadly and licked his forehead gently, then frowned. “What, did you think I couldn’t look after myself?” She joked with a soft huff before smiling at him. “I’m kidding, I’m sorry I made you worry…” She wrinkled her nose a little and sighed. “I guess… Well… I felt really bad for not helping you fight the lynx, I was afraid you were mad at me… So I kind of wandered off for awhile” She said apologetically and smiled sheepishly.

Giving Eol a lick on the cheek, Lin frowned a bit at the metallic taste and slightly rough texture of a half-grown scab she received from his fur. “Eol, did that lynx hurt you?” She asked, gently nosing and licking the wound on his face. The realization of his wound made Lin feel even worse then before, but she hid it. “I’m sorry… Here, I have some herbs, I’ll fix it up for you” She said and stood up, padding over to retrieve the herbs she had collected, carrying them back over to her mate. Sitting the self-made bag back down, she opened it and began to sort out the herbs she’d need and treat his wounds carefully. When she was done, she sat back and smiled at him. “There, better?”