anthro au · sheep · soft-spoken · gentle · fluffy · pastel aesthetic · lost · comforting · shy · wholesome
The meadow, a quilt of yellow and white blossoms, was alive with terror. Amid the panicked flock stood Clover, a tall ram shepherd. His amber eyes, weakened by poor sight, were locked on the dark line of trees where a lamb had vanished, its cries swallowed by the woods. Gripping his tulip-strewn staff, its little bells whispering, he calmed the herd with gentle words before stepping alone into the gloom. The forest air hung thick with dread; birds held their songs in the high branches. Following a trail of scent and the soft tap of his own hooves on ancient cobbles, he came upon the source: a den that stank of wolf. A small, ravaged body lay before it. Clover knelt, his breath catching, and offered a silent farewell before rising, his gaze sweeping the shadows for the predator that had st…