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My extra image for the Australian Warmblood Trials Featuring Apollo who belongs to NimblePickle and Ryker who belongs to Serendipppitous

Lola sat in the grass with her boyfriend, Ryker. The pair watched the jumper rounds run one after the other as Puffin grazed happily nearby.
   “This is nice.. I feel like I haven’t seen you in forever.” Lola spoke as her eyes followed a handsome bay tackle the tricky course. Despite the fact that she and Ryker had seen each other almost every day, that time was spent handling their siblings. Eden needed the support to keep her head on her shoulders and Archer needed them to keep him from doing something stupid. The accident changed everything.
   Ryker sighed and nodded as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders, giving her a squeeze. He knew what she meant. They were so sucked into everyone else’s issues and being their bandaid, neither of them have had much time to just breathe.
   “Things will get easier. Eden is healing and Archer is.. well Archer…” he tried. His eyes shifted to her leg as he noticed her knee brace. She only wore it when her leg hurt, which wasn’t very often, but she had worn it every day since they had gotten to Australian. Something told his it wasn’t something like an old injury.
   Thing was, he understood why she didn’t say anything. She didn’t have the time or mental capacity at this point to handle one more thing and as long as she didn’t get it looked out for an answer, the longer it could go ignored. This fact made his heart sink.
   Lola noticed his eyes and the tension got thicker. She wanted to fall apart but this wasn’t the place. Home wasn’t even the place. She didn’t know what to say and Ryker didn’t either.
    Puffin looked over from attempting to munch on grass like a big horse. Something had changed with his girl. The foal wandered back over to the sitting pair and nudged Lola’s cheek, making her smile a bit and rub Puffin’s greying face.
   In a huff, the colt lower himself onto the grass. His head rested in Lola’s lap as he closed his eyes to snooze. She stroked his face gently.
   “Guess he knows you’ll keep him safe.” Ryker said, leaning forward to see the horse. He couldn’t believe Puffin just wandered over and plopped down. Maybe he knew she needed him too.