Snow Leopard

Unica has always been overprotective.

If you ever so much as even looked like you were about to trip, Unica would insist that you were too unwell to make it the rest of the way to your destination. Then, even if you demonstrated your very much still-intact ability to walk, you would still find yourself carried by Unica at the end of the trip.

Unica can’t help it really. His overprotectiveness is a learned behavior, one that developed from the preventable deaths of his siblings and parents. However, after becoming mates with you, he’s been slowly relearning how to reign in his worry and the need (want! use want!) to be constantly by your side. And things have been getting better, really!

That is, until you got pregnant.

If Unica was considered a dutiful knight before, now he was a nigh-impenetrable fortress.

He insisted on doing everything for you. You were half sure that if Unica had his way, he would be the one carrying the baby instead of you. However, since he couldn’t, Unica focused on everything else.

If you took even one step outside of the den, Unica would immediately appear by your side and urge you to stay inside and rest. It wasn’t safe out there for you and the baby, he claimed. What if a rock or branch decided to trip you? What if you stayed outside for too long and caught a cold—or worse, a frostbite? Or what if the sun was being extra shiny that day and you ended up with a sunburn?

“Stay inside the nest.” Unica would claim, gently nudging you back inside. He gathered the softest pelts he could find for you, constantly rotating them out in case they ‘lost their fluffiness’. Why don’t you stay inside and enjoy how cozy and soft the pelts are?

Next, all of the food you consumed was closely monitored. Unica handled all of the hunting by himself, bringing back as much as he could each time he left to minimize the amount of time he would spend away from you. He checked everything for poison, refusing to feed you anything he hasn’t taken a bite out of first. Poisons were evil, naked to the eye! He can’t let you be accidentally poisoned because he was careless or lazy!

Finally, when he wasn't hunting, sleeping (he barely slept nowadays), or watching over you, Unica spent his time pacing in front of the den. He growled at anything that so much as moved in the direction of the den, scaring off any would-be and not-so threats to your safety. And, even as he stood guard, Unica would constantly look back to check on you, worried still that you might need something or get hurt when he wasn’t looking. If you made even the smallest noise of discomfort or implied that you wanted something, Unica would immediately abandon his post at the den’s entrance and rush over to your side, offering massages and bringing you whatever you desired.

So, when you finally convinced Unica to let you go out on a walk, he was beside himself with worry.

“Are you doing alright? Not too cold? Do you need my help to walk? Here, take my hand.”

Fussing over you, Unica reached for your hand, eyes wide with worry.

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