"Come on Sky. Work with me." Ruby sighs laying on her stomach as another loud crack of thunder shook the windows. "I know sweetheart. I know." She whispers at the terrified whimpers coming from under the bed.

The storm had broken an hour and a half before and it had taken exactly that amount of time for Red to track down the newest addition to her and Dorothy's little pack. Despite working on a still-healing back leg and clearly disliking the loud cannon fire like sounds of the storm the little dog hadn't made the hunt easy even for a wolf.

"Hey, I'm just trying to help here." Red sighed snatching her hand back when Sky snapped at her hand

Thinking fast Ruby striped the comforter from the bed as well as every blanket she could find without moving far from the scared terrier hiding under the bed and got to work on making a safe place for their latest addition to hide that wasn't cowering under the bed.

Again, she wished Dorothy had Toto were with her and not stuck in town until the worst of the storm passed knowing full well that Sky didn't trust her as she did them. Red had been struggling to gain the blonde dogs' trust, but Sky wasn't making it easy. The wolf woman was completely stumped at what she could have done that made her so untrusting in the little dog's eyes but at the moment all she could think was calming her enough until Dorothy and Toto could get home to them and make everything better.

It was a way of keeping her own fears at bay that has Ruby turning on the music app on her phone and immediately even when she now knows her like of the song was mostly due to a curse scrolled to a personal favorite turning it up just loud enough to drown out the rumbling storm outside as she fixes another blanket over the window to muffle the sounds.

Been working so hard
I'm punching my card
Eight hours for what?
Oh, tell me what I got
I've got this feeling
That time's just holding me down
I'll hit the ceiling
Or else I'll tear up this town

Ruby hadn't realized she'd been dancing as well as singing along until an unbalanced spin sends her falling over the back of the couch and once she'd untangled herself from the collection of blankets she'd set up there she found that Sky had at least scooted closer to the end of the bed rather than staying curled up beside the wall under the headboard to watch her. "I'm normally a better dancer." Red defends rolling onto her hands and knees keeping as level as she could with the not so scared looking pup.

"Oh, that?" Ruby asks following Sky's curious gaze over her shoulder to the combination nest and mini blanket fort she'd made using the sofa. It needed to be fixed thanks to her impromptu dance party, but it still worked as a cozy looking hideout "It's for both of us you know so the thunder can't get to us." She shrugs her own anxiety growing a little more at the rumbling storm when the song hit a lull "I mean it's a bit comfier than the hardwood."

She may be human most of the time but that didn't mean her wolf side was crazy about the loud noises of the lighting no matter how much she tried to calm herself down. A hard thing to do considering her girlfriend wasn't around to run her fingers in Red's hair as she whispered about how it was going to be alright while Red was literally curled up in her lap sometimes with her face buried in the crook of Dorothy's neck or vis versa if the storm was bad enough it triggered the leftover fear Dorothy had about her first trip to Oz.

"I don't know." Red had crawled under the protective opening of her hastily build blanket fort her eyes trained on the terrier yet to move from under the bed. Her leg was healing nicely as were her scraps and cuts. Now as if only Red could lower her anxiety level enough to get her to join the fort.

The barrier of blankets against the windows didn't protect them both from almost jumping out of their skins on the next snap of lightning.

Sky bolted into Ruby's lap burrowing so closely against the shaking woman's stomach Red was surprised they didn't merge into one. One hand dropped to her back while Red's other hand fumbled for her phone letting out a curse when it falls onto the floor making her lean out even more to retrieve it. "We're going to be alright Sky." Fishing one of Dorothy's shirts from the collection lining the walls of the nest she'd made Red tucks it around the terrier hunting in her song choices for something else to take their minds off the rainstorm outside.

"Kind of funny now that this soundtrack always seemed to do the trick during the curse." Her amusement as she scrolled to the 'W' section of her music albums caught Sky's interest even earning a little flick of a tongue against her fingers when Red moved to scratch at the pup's chest.

"To be fair I only like the first part when the guy sings." She clarifies before hitting play turning up the volume a little louder than before as she and Sky curl into one another grounding themselves in the other's presence as the opening lyrics play out from Ruby's phone.

Dancing through life
Swaying and sweeping
And always keeping cool
Life is fraught less
When you're thoughtless
Those who don't try
Never look foolish

If dogs could laugh, then Sky most defiantly was as her eyes found Ruby's. "What?" the wolf questions pushing herself up onto her elbow to look at the pup currently using her other arms as a pillow. "No seriously what?"

Sky yawned getting up to gingerly stretch her paws then circling back into almost the same position as before. "First you laugh at me for singing along to songs then you want me to sing you to sleep?" Red translates when the terrier in her arms looked with expectant eyes to the phone then at Ruby and back again as the song continues to play.

"I have a better idea." the terrier huffed a second time resting her head on her paws when Ruby shifts hunting in her library once again. "Will you just trust me for once please." The wolf sighs Sky doesn't move from her pillowed place in the crook of Red's arm but her ears twitch signaling she was listening. "Oh, I forgot you don't like me so why in the world would you want to trust me…" Ruby says mostly to herself as she scrolls.

"What do you mean you like me? You're always growling at me….."

Sky lifted her head whilst deliberately shifting her little body closer against Ruby's with a soft hum low in her throat as she snuggles closer going so far as to give Red's arm a few soft licks as she settles back down. Neither reacts this time at a particularly loud crack of thunder outside the window.

"Then why have you been…"

Sky gives a small series of barks in answer like a dog Morse code but Red translates easily. "Oh, sweetie we're not going to get rid of you. Yeah, I take you over to the clinic more but that's only so we're sure your healing up like you should be not because I'm going to ask them to abandon you." Sky's ears perked up as their eyes locked. "Canis honor Sky. You're just as much a part of this makeshift pack as any of us."

That had Sky attacking her face and neck well really any of Red she can easily reach with kisses.

Red giving her a few in kind while they cuddle together in the mess of blankets. "I know its so loud." The wolf agrees when again the louder cracks of lightning and thunder shake the windows. "Oh right." She remembers when Sky nuzzles at the hand still holding her phone. Red hastily finds the file she needs setting up her phone so they both could watch.

"This is more of the one I use when I'm sick but right now scared is a kind of that."

Sky barks in agreement as the opening credits play out.

Dorothy was still fuming at having to wait for so long before they let her leave. For crying out loud she survived far worse rainstorms back in Kansas but that didn't stop Regina from using her magic on her to keep her from kicking out the door on her way back to her apartment. Surprisingly it had been Zelena that had given her the out she'd needed to grab Toto and make a run for the door.

The lights flicker off just as they reach the apartment thanks to the latest of rolling power outages across the UR, so it was only Toto's warning whimper that keeps her from calling out the second the door is opened.

Using her phone as a flashlight Dorothy picks her way into the apartment after kicking off her shoes at the door and hanging up her dripping coat.

Of all the things she'd expected when she spotted the collection of blankets, it wasn't crawling into them to find a full grown and fully turned werewolf laying curled around the tuft of butterscotch fur that was Sky. Apparently when Red had been rushing around for supplies grabbing her hood hadn't been high on her list. Not that Dorothy really minded as Toto joins her in ogling the sleeping pair.

The fact her girlfriend was also a werewolf had yet to fully sink in despite the number of times she'd been allowed to witness Red in her current animal state. Oh, how beautiful her wolf was.

It takes from careful maneuvering for her to pull Red's phone out from between the sleeping wolf's paws but somehow, she manages so it joins her own outside the mess of blankets that made up the fort.

"Hey, sleepy head." Dorothy greets when the smaller of the two sleeping canines lifts her head to greet them. Sky yawns in greeting scooting over Ruby's paws enough to touch her nose to Toto's. "Glade my two favorite girls are finally getting along." The country girl teases whilst Toto hops over Ruby's front paw to snuggle up beside Sky. The butterscotch terrier snickers at the act laying her head across his back the second he gets settled.

"Actually, how don't you two move over here and let me get some girlfriend cuddles?" The two terries seemed to be laughing at her but both huff in agreement with Dorothy carefully lifting Sky from between Ruby's paws.

"Hey, hey, easy Wolfie." Dorothy backpedals when the act immediately wakes a panicked and grumpy werewolf. "Take it, easy baby." She tries again running a hand over the raised heckles along Ruby's back. Its only Sky's soft cooing whimper that seemed to do the trick. The carmel furred pup choosing to lay back down close enough to give her human the snuggle space she wanted yet still be able to use one of the wolf's paws as a pillow.

Dorothy didn't know if she could be more jealous or adored at the close bond the two seem to have created while she was away. Her tiredness eventually winning out over everything as she spoons against her warmer than should be allowed werewolf. "'S okay Wolfie." She promises when Red tries to lean back enough to lick at her cheek in apology "Just go back to sleep baby."

Red hummed in agreement pressing back into Dorothy's hold as her eyes closed.

Sky was the last to fall asleep too content to watch the rest of her family before joining them in slumber.