Only If You Knew

His touch was calming, soothing. She had not had any physical contact with another wolf since she had run and despite the wolf in question being a stranger it felt oddly reassuring to be physically connected to another. Still the slight comfort his touch brought the golden girl did nothing to staunch the emotions pouring out of her in that moment. If anything it only made her sobbing worse. It was a comfort she wasn’t sure she deserved and yet this man she didn’t even know was offering her his sympathies.

He spoke again and though a part of her could respect the validity of his words she was too raw, too hurt to accept what he was saying. It was not what she wanted to hear. She buried her face into the ground. “It’s not fair!” Came her muffled reply, and there was a hint of bitterness to her tone though if she was frustrated with herself or her family she wasn’t sure… maybe she was just fed up with the world shitting on them.

Still his words where kind and as she pulled her face from the dirt and lay her head down on her paws she couldn’t stop the small sad smile that he had managed to pull out of her.