Tripping headfirst over your feet

He relinquishes his hold on her neck but the paw across her shoulder presses her down. He's heavier than she is and it isn't until her elbows hit the dirt that she realises just how much of a disadvantage she is at. She can feel is dexterous paws in her coat and she fights the urge to just give in. It could be so easy, he'd look after her, right? But was that really what she wanted?

No. Not like that.

She pushed back to try and break free of the hold, claws scraping against the earth, throwing what little weight she had into trying to knock the other yearling off balance. "More than a friend?" She challenged, if her weight couldn't throw him off balance, maybe her words could.

"speech"