Word Count → 223 :: Crys gave me the A-okay to PP Leon here so we could close this off derp.
There was no sudden shouting, but she heard footsteps, and then a heavy hand came to rest on her head. She peered up with frightened eyes, but it was only Leon, and she cuddled into him with a frightened whimper, clawing at his sides until she was pulled up into his arms. He was a whole lot warmer than she was, and she cuddled close to him, curling in on herself and darting her gaze now and then fearfully around the clearing. She wasn't afraid of the woman who'd come asking questions, though; she was afraid of, or at least the memory of, her father, and her brother knew that.
He was a little gruffer than he should have been, Sophie thought later, after the confrontation was over and the stranger had gone home with the understanding that the little runt she'd checked on had been well-taken care of, after all. She sat in the den and looked over her injured brother, her eyes bright and watery with worry, while Trigger did his best to care for the eldest. He was a lot meaner than he had to be, sometimes, and Sophie wondered why that was; but, she figured, as long as he was always nice to her, and the family, he could be mean to whoever else he wanted to be.
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