It was awkward going, he kept his legs wide spread so not to tangle with her own, and she wasn’t quite tall enough to walk beneath him without crouching. The rain didn’t make things easier, as much as he had enjoyed embracing the elements before, the amusement has washed off him at the sight of Zee’s panicked expression.
His den came into view, the hard rock that pushed against the side of the ravine, and the entrance that was just large enough to fit his frame. Another boom of angry clouds colliding filled the night, and Zee scurried ahead of him without waiting for the measured steps of the giant. She hopped up the rock, alivated for fear of the banks every overflowing, and vanished inside the opening.
He bounded forward, a more measured stride then her fearful one, and entered the den as well. The cave immediately banked left, before coming to a halt. It was a small den, and he filled the majority of it with his bulk as he entered, but at least he had designed it with the weather in mind.
He picked up a furred coat, made from a furred ox. Getting such a coat had not been an easy feat, but he was grateful for it now, as he draped it over the smaller wolf, and allowed it to cover her almost entirely.
Sirius himself settled between the cave entrance and his small friend, as through to protect her from the storm itself, placing his bulk between them. “Your secret is safe with me” he promised her, keeping a safe distance between them - or as much so as he could in the small den. He still had the after taste of his first fears when he has seen her face, and it left him wary of crowding her.
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