There are consequences to starting a family. Comfortable with his own being, his life is knocked off balance as his family grows around him, and he has nothing else to blame but his own actions for it happening. It is time to be a father.

Once human, then kirin, then lover, then father, Winter Flames wants to fulfill his part in the family he's part of. He isn't at the head of it, but he is loved intensely, and that love is returned. Armed with a returned power of speech, he hopes he can wield this new weapon to make the next stage walkable.

Tags: Herd dynamics, pregnancy, childbirth, lots of family love and issues

If you want to know more about how Winter got here, that's the preview. But if you just want to follow him from here, that's fine too. Originally slated for one update per month by the loyal patron that is supporting it.