Athena blinked her eyes open as the sunlight filtered in through the entrance of her and Ama's den. She carefully lifted her head and looked down at where Amalia was curled up at her side. An adoring smile spread across her muzzle as she looked at her sleeping form. In the early morning was one of the few moments recently during the day that she could sit and look at her wife for as long as she wanted. Amalia had been working so incredibly hard recently that it had actually been hard to pull her away to the family meeting they had several days ago. She had been afraid that Amalia would work herself sick and sure enough a couple of days ago she hadn't been feeling well. Athena had put her foot down then and forced her wife to stop for a little while and get a good night's sleep.
Athena glanced around the den for a moment and wondered if maybe it might not be better to move into a smaller den or maybe even trade with one of their sons. They had originally picked it out and dug it out more to hold the both of them and all four of their large boys, but now that they had all grown up all the extra space just made the den seem lonely. Sure, their sons would stop in from time to time to spend the night, but it still felt a little excessive.
With a soft sigh she would turn her attention back to Amalia and dipped her head down to gently nuzzle Ama's neck till the little russet and white woman stirred. Athena smiled again and asked softly, "Hey there, beautiful, how are you feeling?"
