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1. post anonymously unless linking to a fill posted somewhere else
2. use the subject line to indicate pairing (in alphabetical order using stage names i.e.baekhyun/chanyeol) prompt details go in the comment.
3. use necessary content warnings
4. do not embed on meme. link to images/videos. label nsfw content.
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Winter has always been a problem to Yifan's pack. It was still an issue last year, when his father was still alpha. Coupled with disease, it's a bloodbath.
Yifan watches the shivering handful that are left. Usually, the entire pack would be huddled together. But he can't risk that, so the few undiseased sleep here and the rest are further back, all inside a single room until they succumb or, however unlikely, they make it to the spring.
The black wolf unfolds himself, stretching before shifting onto two feet. He leaves the meager huddle of the healthy pack members and heads into the dark tunnel that acts as a hallway, coming to a stop in front of his second in command, who has his face buried in his hands.
"Another?"
Joonmyun starts before nodding. Neither of them have slept well since autumn. He wordlessly hands over a thin piece of hide and Yofan holds if over his nose and mouth before entering.
A wheezing speckled wolf regards him with tired eyes and looks over to a motionless lump in the corner. Yifan nods his thanks and makes his way over.
It's a young wolf with caramel fur. Her mate had died not a moon ago, so it was only a matter of time. Yifan sighs in defeat. He was hoping she'd make it, the tiny lump in front of her being the youngest pup in the pack. Yifan had wanted the pup to at least make it to the spring.
With reluctance, Yifan scoops up the mother and pup. He can feel all the sad eyes following them out, and agrees with them. He steps out in the cold, gently placing the wolf beside her mate. He regards the pack members for a few more moments, shivers, then turns to head back inside.
He hears a cough then a whine, and his head snaps back to the bodies.
The tiny pup struggles onto its paws, butting its head into the caramel wolf and whining again.
Yifan drops to all fours, black fur protecting him from the blizzard as he nudges the pup away from its mother and grabs it by the scruff of its neck.
Yifan bounds down the halls, growling low in his throat when he is stopped by Joonmyun.
"Yifan, what," he sighs and stares pointedly at the dangling pup. "Sehun is sick too. There's no use trying. You may as well leave the pup with its mother."
Yifan growls again, in warning, and shoots past when the beta steps aside. He stops when he's reached the others, occupying a corner instead of joining the huddle. This pup will survive, he'll make sure of it.
Continuing to whine uselessly, the underweight pup is set on the padded floor and vigorously cleaned. Sehun, the youngest of the pack, will become Yifan's priority until the dreadful winter ends.
The quiet whimpering comes to a halt when Yifan wraps himself around the pup, checking to make sure the little thing can breathe before settling down to the occasional high pitched whimper.
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The dead animal is dropped at his feet and the gray wolf in front of him awaits praise, tail wagging in anticipation. Yifan shoots Joonmyun a look.
"Look, you were right, okay?" The beta shouts. "Congrats on risking lethal diseases to save a pup. Goodbye, I'm going on a walk."
Yifan grins and scratches the wolf's head. "Good job, Sehun."
What the lithe wolf lacks in strength, he makes up for in speed. It had been easy for Yifan and Baekhyun to teach him how to hunt. Now Sehun leads trips when Baekhyun is busy.
Pride simmers in Yifan's chest at the sight of the elk. It'll last the pack quite a while, and Yifan can store the remains for the upcoming winter. It's already starting to get cold.
He looks over to the circle of adolescents sparring, easily picking out Sehun in the crowd. The wolf takes a swipe at a larger wolf, evades an attack, then is knocked on his back from a headbutt to his flank, looking around dazedly. Yifan laughs.
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What.
Yifan growls low in his throat as he is awoken by continuous nudges to his thigh. He, Minseok, and Luhan sleep away from the others, though the other two join the massive huddle during winter. Yifan does not. Everyone knows and respects that, so who is this? Yifan sees gray fur through slitted eyes and grumbles low and long.
Sehun resumes the nudging, coming to a stop when he sees green eyes trained on him. He backs away and gives a dramatic shiver to answer the unspoken question.
Yifan blinks. He was sure that the previous winter would be the last year he babied Sehun, the adolescent wolf very adamant about keeping space between them. Apparently not.
Yifan stays still as the bony wolf curls up against him, wriggling before resting his head on his paws.
The alpha huffs, uncomfortable. The gray wolf had grown quite a lot in the past year and Yifan can no longer curl himself around the younger. He stands, circles the wolf, then slumps down behind him, curled around the younger's back. He drops his head down on Sehun's flank and echoes the younger's sound of contentment.
Yifan thinks that, as long as he's alive, he'll be catering to Sehun.
And that's okay.
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