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holylulusworld · 7 months

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Not in my car - Flufftober 16

Summary: Dean is not amused finding you and Sam in his car.

Pairing: Sam Winchester x fem!Reader

Warnings: implied smut, implied car sex, fluff, fun, banter, Dean being Dean, love confessions

Trope: Love confessions

Kinktober vs Flufftober 2023

It all started with a hushed I love you.

Sam and you ended up in the backseat of Dean’s car after a rough hunt. because you didn’t want to drive to a cheap motel and sleep on scratchy sheets.

That's why you and Sam shared the backseat and talked for hours. It was the first time you had the time to talk without Dean interrupting your flirty banter with his brother.

The elder hunter ended up going home with the pretty bartender and you, well you tried to make the best out of your time with the younger brother.

“We never talked like that before,” you snuggled in his warm chest, and dreamed of a life you’ll never have. “We should do this more often.”

“Talk, or go on a hunt without my brother,” Sam joked, but there was something else hidden behind his words. He wrapped his arms around you and nuzzled your hair. “I like being alone with you.

“I love Dean like a brother, but I like being alone with you too, Sam,” you whispered. “Very much.”

“Y/N,” Sam said, “I need to tell you something.”

You lifted your head to look him in the eyes. “What do you want to tell me?”

“I-I love you,” he suddenly spluttered. “I do for a while. I just didn’t know if you felt the same. But I thought I’d take the chance and tell you. If you don’t feel the same, it’s okay. We can just…”

You cupped his face to silence his doubts with your lips. “I love you too, Sam. I was the same. Always afraid to tell you about my feelings. Maybe I should’ve told you earlier.”

“We both should’ve admitted our feelings much sooner but,” Sam claimed your lips in a soft kiss. “We have wasted so much time.”

“Sam, we’ve got tonight,” you whispered lowly. “Who cares about yesterday…”

“Sammy, Y/N, I’m back and—” Dean frowns deeply. He came back from the bar, without the barkeeper. Dean decided to sleep in his car and forget she left him for some other guy. Now the windows are fogged, and odd noises are coming out of Baby. “Sam…what?”

He gets his gun out, ready to attack whoever is messing with his car.

As he looks inside the car through the window, he retches.

“You’ve got to be shitting me,” the hunter curses, but decides to turn around and forget what he saw. “I’m out of this for good. Sonofabitch.”

You roll your eyes as Dean immediately checks his car the moment Sam gets out of Baby. He gets behind the steering wheel and starts the engine. Baby roars to life, and he nods.

“You didn’t wreck my car, that’s a pro,” the hunter grumbles. Dean hates letting someone else drive his car, and he hates the memory of last night even more.

Catching you and his brother having sex in the backseat of his beloved car was the last thing the hunter wanted to see.

“Dean, your brother always drives carefully,” you grumble. “Baby is fine.”

“It’s not about driving,” Dean turns around to look at the backseat. He scrunches up his nose and shudders. Dean didn’t want to say a thing about what he saw last night, but he could not allow anyone to taint his car. “You will clean my car first thing when we are back at the bunker.”

“What? Why?” You gape at Dean.

“You know why.” The hunter gives you a bitch face. “I saw and heard things for nightmares. Sammy and you will clean my baby. And I mean every inch of her!”

Fuck. Dean knows…

“Sam, I’m tired,” you sigh as you are still busy scrubbing the backseat. “She’s clean. Don’t you think?”

“No, no…sweetheart,” Dean grunts. “You will clean her for a second time. And…no more sex in my car!”

He points at you, followed by a stern look in his brother’s direction.

Sam and you will spend two more hours cleaning the car. At least you can do it together. Every moment you can spend with Sam is precious…

#sam winchester #spn #sam winchester x reader #sam winchester x you #Not in my car - Flufftober 16 #kinktober vs flufftober 2023 #sam winchester fanfiction

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cumulo-stratus · 7 months

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Protector

Pairing: spencer reid x male!reader

Summary: after an unsub tries to hurt y/n, spencer steps in.

Warnings: cannon typical violence, talk of not being able to breath, Lemme know if theres anything else!

flufftober day 17: protective

A/N: were gonna ignore the fact that im skipping day 16 (im a touch avoid et autistic and the idea of a massage makes me so uncomfortable and i just couldnt write guys im sorry 😭) also ik i kinda ghosted yall on fics for like a couple weeks buuttttt (haha butt) i just got super busy with school, but its started to calm down again, i got all the presentations and tests out of the way so ill have more time to write after school. thx for being understanding <3!

Y/n fit the unsubs victims almost to a T- and y/n knew that. He knew that with no other options at this point, he would have to go undercover to bait her. And Spencer knew this- but it didn't mean he was happy about it. Y/n knew Spencer had abandonment issues- and tried his best to comfort Spencer, reminding him that both, and the rest of the team would be waiting close by incase anything happens.

"Spence- I'll be okay, I'll have Morgan, Rossi, and prentiss in there with me- and I'm sure we can convince Hotch to let you go undercover in the bar so you can be nearby."

"Good- I need to be there incase something happens."

Y/n sighed and looked at Spencer- his eyes full of care for his boyfriend, nad gave him one last reassuring kiss before leaving spencer on his own for. a minute and rejoining the team to go over the plan one more time, just to be safe. And to ease spencers mind.

y/n was sat in front of the bar in the extremely crowded pub, wearing fancy clothes, giving the appearance of wealth. The woman they were trying to catch believed that men didn’t deserve money, and she was punishing them for having it by torturing and killing them. Y/n was hoping they would be able to arrest her before she gets to the torturing part of her routine. He zoned back into the present when he heard someone approach him. She was dressed in a skin tight red dress that hugged her curves, and had a flirty look on her face.

"So- what's a man like you doing at such a 'working class' place like this?"

Her sickeningly sweet tone made y/b want to vomit, but he hid it well, glancing over at Emily who was across the bar, keeping a close eye on the situation.

"Well, sometimes I don't mind getting my shoes a little dirty with the 'average person'"

Y/ns voice was flirty, causing him to internally cringe at his own words, hating that he sounded like a yuppie. But hid it and let the unsub continue trying to seduce him.

"Wel I'd be perfectly happy to help you rub a little mud on those jimmy choos if you like..."

Y/n almost grimaced, but held back. He threw a glance across the bar to spencer, hoping to reassure him that he was okay. And when they met eyes for a second, y/n could tell that spencer still wasn’t happy about him being there. Y/n did the best he could to reassure him with his eyes from the other end of the bar, before returning to the conversation with the unsub. She was now starting to get hands y with, and y/n knew she had decided he was going to be her next victim. Eventually she invited him to walk her to her car.

“after all, i’m a petite woman by myself at night…”

All y/n could think about was the major pick me girl energy radiating off her, but outwardly he just smirked and extended his arm for her to take.

“of course, i could never turn a lady like you down.”

And as the pair made their way to the front door, spencer was the first to lift himself from his seat, following discreetly as if he had received a phone, and needed to leave the bar. Almost immediately after the door swung closed she start feeling y/n up, and spencer could feel a green jealousy boiling in the back of his mind. And. he couldnt help himself from walking slightly closer so he could hear what she was saying to his boyfriend.

“you know- i dont know if its safe for me to drive, maybe you should drive me back to your place, and we could continue this…”

Y/n smirks, which makes spencer even more jealous, but hold holds back for the good of the case. As the pair approach the unsubs car, she pushes him against the car, kissing him- no, actually it was more like she was eating his face. Now it wasn’t only jealousy coursing through him, but also anger. Not anger like the bright red, passionate, kind, more like a dark maroon simmering in the pit of his stomach, ready to boil over kind. But a warning glance from Rossi and Morgan, who had now joined him in the parking lot while Prentiss updated Hotch, told him to back off. And he did, but he wasn’t sure how long he could hold himself back. Now y/n wasnt enjoying it either, but he just closed his eyes and sucked it up, practically counting the seconds till it would be appropriate to stop kissing having his face eaten, and get in the car. But y/n lost count of the where he was when he felt a hand grasp his neck. He knew later that this is how she had been subduing her victims, as they would already be out of breath from making out with her, and she would have the upper hand. But y/n couldn’t possibly process that. The only words that had been going through his mind as his entire life flashed in front of him were ‘Air. Need air.’

And thankfully his wishes were granted when the feeling of hands around his neck vanished, and over the sound of blood rushing in his ears he could hear shouts resembling “FBI Amy Brockett your under the arrest for the murders of James leason, Christian Lanery, and Gregory Poultan!”

But what grabbed his attention more was when a blurry face with the outline of a mop of brown, curly hair filled his vision- it was spencer. And he himself was now on the ground, coughing.

As soon as spencer had seen the woman’s hand wrap around y/n’s neck, he bolted across the semi large parking lot with his gun raised. When he arrived he pulled the unsub off y/n with more strength then he knew he had, and threw her onto the ground, looking her dead in the eyes and saying “You ever touch him again, i wont hesitate to shoot you” in a low, almost growl. But what stopped him from turning and tending to his boyfriend who was now crumpled on the pavement, coughing to regain his breath, was a scoff from the woman who was now being handcuffed and read her rights by Morgan. But spencer didn’t care enough about the unsub to send more than a dirty look her way before turning his attention to his boyfriend at the sound of another violent cough. Spencer knelt down, taking y/n’s face in his hand, while the other one dragged lazily up and down his back, coaching him through the coughing fit. And it was only then that spencer noticed the tears staining y/n’s cheeks.

“Oh angel its ok, im here, you’re ok.”

Y/n released a small hiccup, falling easily into spencers arms. Spencers eyes searched his boyfriends body for any other injuries other then the marks on his neck that were already becoming a maroon-ish purple hue. spencers eyebrows were creased in concern at the marks on his partners necks and when y/n noticed this he tried to reassure him.

“spence- baby im fine, i just needed to catch my breath..”

even though y/n’s breathing he evened out it was still sounding a little weezy as harshly tried to rub away the tears in his eyes. spencer caught y/n’s in his own, preventing the harsh red skin y/n was leaving behind from rubbing his skin so strongly.

“angel, come on lets go have a paramedic check you out..”

spencer helped y/n up, and only then did he notice how many police cars and ambulances had filled the parking lot with screaming sirens and blaring lights. The couples faces were basked in blue and red light as spencer lead y/n to a paramedic to get checked out. And as y/n sat there, the paramedic poking and prodding- spencer stayed planted next to him, hand in his.

The End

#spencer reid #criminal minds #bau #bau team #fluff #spencer reid x reader #gay #flufftober #spencer reid x male reader #spencer reid fluff #comfort #criminal minds fan fic #spencer reid imagine #flufftober 2023 #flufftober day 17 #flufftober prompt

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anabdaniels · 8 months

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Cowboytober (Kinktober 2023)

Kinktober 2023, but it's only Agent Whiskey content 'cause he's the love of my life.

Click here to read Flufftober with Agent Whiskey. Masterlist.

Day 1- Virginity

Day 2- Orgasm denial

Day 3- Lactation

Day 4- Bath sex

Day 5- Overstimulation

Day 6- Nipple play

Day 7- Cunnilingus

Day 8- Mommy kink

Day 9- Anal sex

Day 10- Body worship

Day 11- Pregnancy sex

Day 12- Blowjob

Day 13- Daddy kink/DDLG

Day 14- Choking

Day 15- Pegging

Day 16- Fingering

Day 17- Clothed sex

Day 18- Movement restrains

Day 19- Praising

Day 20- Edging

Day 21- Accidental stimulation

Day 22- Dry humping

Day 23- Sleepy sex

Day 24- Cock warming

Day 25- Almost getting caught

Day 26- Menstrual sex

Day 27- Erotic humiliation

Day 28- Car sex

Day 29- Dacryphilia

Day 30- Facesitting

Day 31- "It's a lasso."

#kinktober #kinktober 2023 #agent whiskey #pedro pascal #agent whiskey fic #agent whiskey x reader #agent whiskey x you #pedro pascal characters #jack daniels #jack whiskey daniels #pedrostories #Kingsman: the golden circle

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rashier · 8 months

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Not seeing anyone doing flufftober sooooo here!

So here is a list that I've created(any empty places will fill up with time and ideas are welcome)

And for anyone looking for ideas for kinktober you can look on my page below this post!

But anywho here is the flufftober list!;

Day 1; Kisses

Day 2; Cuddles

Day 3; Lap pillow

Day 4; Back scratches

Day 5; Forehead kisses

Day 6; Stealing/sharing clothes

Day 7; Sick

Day 8; Sensitive

Day 9; Hugs

Day 10; Being vulnerable

Day 11; Cooking together

Day 12; Complements

Day 13; Tutoring

Day 14; Hair

Day 15; Confession whilst drunk

Day 16; Massages

Day 17; Under one umbrella

Day 18; Admiration

Day 19; Hickeys

Day 20; Shutting them up by kissing them

Day 21; One sketching/drawing the other

Day 22; Notes

Day 23; Love through small actions

Day 24; Sharing songs

Day 25; Making out in the car

Day 26; Body worship

Day 27; Ice skating

Day 28; Comforting after a nightmare

Day 29; Patching up wounds/scrapes

Day 30; Watching a movie together

Day 31; Hands

#fluff prompts #writing challenge #prompts #fic writing #writing #fluff #cute #writing prompt #prompt list #ao3 writer #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #writer things

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lnights · 8 months

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For the game: 7, 16, 20 (that's a fun one!), 43, 60, 63 and 64 please! 💜

Hi snek 💚

7 How do you choose which POV to write from?

I just naturally fall into 3rd person, i think it's just how my brain works because I can't even get into first person games 😂

As for character, it kind of depends on the tone. If I'm writing a multi-chapter I like to switch it up so I try not to have the same person as the narrator over and over. There has been several times where I've started to write a chapter from one character's POV and then scrapped it and started it from somebody else's because it didn't flow right.

16 How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?

Just ideas or actual wips? Actual wips I have 6, as well as the smallest start on flufftober.

I have a few more ideas floating around that I haven't actually started on.

But here's a bit from a wip👀

Kevin sat still while Nico clipped the leash to his collar, pressing a little kiss to his temple and whispering in his ear before letting him up.

"Good boy."

Kevin whined softly, following the small tug guiding him out of the car and to the discreet entrance to the club.

20 Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

Bad parents 😂

i think there's usually some sort of misunderstanding/miscommunication. I feel really predictable a lot of the time 🫣

43 Do you take a sadistic joy in whumping your characters, or are you more the "If you hurt them I would kill everyone and then myself" kind of person?

Whump dem bitches.

60 Have you had a writer you admire comment on your fic? What was that like?

I have and it definitely warmed my heart, although I try to remember they're just a person like myself. But I can't deny it makes me smile. I love all comments though🖤

63 Something you hate to see in smut.

I can't say there's anything I hate really, I'm not a huge fan of infidelity fics but I have read them so idk.

64 Something you love to see in smut.

Open communication and a lot of kink.

#im an awkward 🦇#answered asks #it's a danger noodle #ask game

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shares-a-vest · 7 months

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WIP Weekend

I was tagged last weekend by @momotonescreaming 💖💖💖Thanks Momo 😊

My wips are in absolute shambles atm. I've been ping-ponging between stressful rl situations. Buuut stuff is okay-ish now and my brain is working again, so yayyy!

The Rules:

In a reblog of this post (so people can find you in the notes) or new thread (w/ rules attached) if you want to play on your own, post up to five (5) filenames of your WIPs; not titles, file names.

Post a snippet from one of them. Snippet must be words you wrote in the last 7 days. We’re posting progress here. If you haven’t made any, go make some and come back to play!

After you’ve posted, people can send you an ask with one of your file names. You must then write 3 sentences in that file. If the filename is one you can't share from (for example, an event or gift fic), write 3 sentences on it anyway, and then 3 more on another to share.

That’s it! You can invite others to join in, or just post.

The Files:

I'm just working on Flufftober and Eddie Month (i still intend to post for days I had planned on but missed). The first two files are essentially masterlists, the next few are individual days/themes that have kinda gone off the rails in word count:

Flufftober 2023

Eddie Month

Fast Car

Day 12

Padam Padam

Snippet:

From 'Fast Car' aka, Flufftober Day 16: Singing each other to sleep

Joanie is curled up under a blanket, with her Mr Spider, the patriarch of her family of plush spiders. She holds it tight, eyes both tired and weary. “Hey, munchkin,” he says, taking Eddie’s spot and hoisting their daughter onto his lap while Eddie rearranges some pillows and the blanket, “Looks like no one is sleeping tonight, huh?” “M’sick,” she says, her voice muffled as she hugs his side. He hums and attempts to look her over without too much fuss, settling for running his hand through her thick fringe. She yawns, clicking her teeth. “What kind... of… sick?” he asks through a sympathetic yawn. “Sniffles and a tummy ache,” she clarifies, mumbling. Her eyes droop a little and glaze over as she struggles to flit a glance at the book she and Eddie had presumably been reading. It’s a photo album, turned open to a page from Christmas 1986. He smiles at a polaroid of himself holding up a Hellfire t-shirt, squished in between a grinning Dustin and Eddie - who quickly pressed a kiss to his cheek just as Robin took the picture. They’d made him a shirt, an honorary one of course. Mike never did approve of the elaborate initiation ‘ritual’ Lucas had explained he needed to undergo to become a full member.

Tags: (no pressure as always) @spoookysix @thefreakandthehair @farahsamboolents @cranberrymoons @rocknrollsalad

#i know some of you tagged me in other games - i haven't forgotten about them 💖#writing wip #tag games

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fawnandshadows · 3 years

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Fanfic Masterlist

My AO3 account

After The Ceremony

Summary: Azriel catches Elain cleaning after Nesta and Cassian’s Mating Ceremony.

Rating: M

Masterlist — After The Ceremony

You Painted Me Golden

Summary: Elain enters her reputation era.

Rating: 18+ (Smutty chapters will have an *)

Chapter 1 — Gorgeous

Chapter 2 — Look What You Made Me Do

Chapter 3 — ... Ready For It?

Chapter 4 — Getaway Car*

Chapter 5 — I Did Something Bad**

Chapter 6 — So it Goes... Part 1*

Chapter 7 — So it Goes… Part 2*

Chapter 8 — Dress*

Chapter 9 — Delicate... Part 1*

Chapter 10 — Delicate... Part 2*

Chapter 11 — Dancing With Our Hands Tied

Chapter 12 — End Game

Chapter 13 — New Years Day

Chapter 14 — This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Chapter 15— Don't Blame Me

Chapter 16— King of My Heart

Epilogue — Call It What You Want

Requests

One Shots

Kinktober — Log Cabin

Flufftober — Grow Old With You

Flufftober — Lazy Mornings

25 Days of Elriel

The Nature of Love: A Symphony

Headcanons

Elriel Headcanon #1 — Hair pulling / neck kink

Elriel Headcanon#2 — Dusk Court

Elriel Headcanon #3 — Soft Elriel

Childhood Elain Headcanon

Cassian Babysitting Headcanon

#elain acotar #pro elriel #elriel fanfiction #elain x azriel #elriel #elriel fanfic #my writing #my fanfiction #my work #after the ceremony #after the ceremony chapter 5 #after the ceremony chapter 4 #after the ceremony chapter 3 #after the ceremony chapter two #after the ceremony chapter 1 #you painted me golden #fanfic masterlist #original fawnandshadows masterlist

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sugdenlovesdingle · 3 years

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Fluttober day 16: Animals/pets

Puppy love (AO3)

Robert wants to get Seb a puppy as an early birthday present. -

A/N: So this is day 16 and the last one I've posted was day 7 - I have not forgotten about the rest and I will still post them all, but I had this one and tomorrow's fic written before October started so they're ready to go. My health and energy levels have been very up and down lately (mostly down) so I kind of got very behind on schedule. flufftober might just turn into flufftovember. But I will absolutely (eventually) write and post all 31 fics!

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“Hi, I'm calling about the puppies... I was wondering if they're still available?” Robert asked, crossing his fingers the answer would be yes.

Seb had been asking for a puppy for years, and Robert had always said no, but now they’d moved into an actual house of their own with a big enough garden for a dog to play and run around in, he’d decided to surprise Seb with a puppy for his birthday.

Only after a quick search online, he’d come to realise October wasn’t the best time for puppies, and the ones he did find were all from dodgy breeders, asking a fortune and telling him they’d meet him in a car park somewhere or bring the puppy to his house.

He’d read enough warnings about puppy mills not to fall for that.

After a few weeks of careful research (always on his phone, never on his computer so Seb wouldn’t accidentally see something he shouldn’t) he’d found a litter not far from where they lived, and the pictures online seemed promising, showing the puppies with their mum and an actual address and phone number with the ad.

“They are.” The woman who answered the phone told him. “There are two left but I have someone coming to see them tomorrow, so you have to be quick.”

“Right. Could I come by tomorrow too then?”

“Sure. The other person is coming around noon. Is that alright for you too?”

“Yes, absolutely. I'll be there at noon.” Robert told the woman and took a minute to make sure he got the address right before hanging up.

He sat back in his chair and smiled to himself picturing Seb's face when he brought the puppy home on his birthday.

The next day, Robert was running late and cursed the world and everyone in it. Work had been hell all morning and when he left to go see the dogs, he’d gotten stuck behind a moving van, without a way around.

It was almost a quarter past when he rang the doorbell at the address he’d written down.

He heard barking coming from inside the house so he figured he was in the right place.

The door opened and a blonde woman of around his age, maybe a little older, gave him a friendly smile.

“Hi, I’m Robert, we spoke on the phone yesterday? About the puppy?”

“Oh hi, I thought you’d changed your mind.” She extended her hand to him. “I’m Vanessa, come on in.”

Robert shook her hand and followed her into the house.

“Yeah, sorry, traffic was a bit of a nightmare.”

“Oh tell me about it. My sister is picking my son up from school because I wasn’t sure I’d make it back in time if I did it myself.” She told him as they walked into the living room.

There was a play pen set up for the puppies with various toys strewn across the floor.

“Looks like you won’t have to take both of them after all.” She called out to a man currently being used as chew toy and climbing frame by a bunch of puppies.

The man looked up and smiled and Robert’s breath caught in his throat. He had the most beautiful blue eyes he’d ever seen and managed to look adorable with a puppy yanking on the hood of his jacket, while another one played with his shoe laces.

“That’s too bad.” He said laughingly. “Two of these monsters would have been fun.”

“Yeah… sorry to disappoint.” Robert managed to say.

“Well just step over the baby gate and have a cuddle.” Vanessa told him and it took Robert’s brain a moment to realise she meant the dogs. “We put different colour collars on them, the one with the green and the one with the pink collar are still available. Unless you’ve made your choice already, Aaron?”

“Oh, uh no, not exactly. They’re all cute.”

Robert carefully stepped over the gate and sat down next to the man.

“Hi, I’m Robert.” He said and they shook hands. “Uhm… I want one for my son for his birthday in a few weeks… but if you have a favourite, that’s completely fine. I’ll just take the other.”

Aaron gave him a smile.

“No, not really. I’m fine with either, really.” He told Robert. “But that’s a pretty amazing gift. I know I always wanted a puppy but my parents never got me one.”

“So now you’re taking the opportunity to get one yourself?” Vanessa asked jokingly.

“Exactly.” Aaron laughed.

They played with the puppies for a while and Robert had to admit to himself he was starting to like the puppy with the green collar most.

It was a happy and energetic little thing and chased after the toy Robert threw to the other side of the pen.

“I think I’ve made my choice… I like this little guy.” He looked back and forth between Vanessa and Aaron. “If that’s alright with you?”

“Sure. I think this one chose me anyway.” Aaron said, scratching the puppy that had made itself comfortable in his lap behind its ears.

After playing with the puppies some more, they both got up and sat down with Vanessa to go over the details.

“We just want them to go to good homes.” She told them. “Well my wife says she doesn’t care as long as I get rid of them, but I know she cares.” Vanessa laughed a little and turned to Robert. “So tell me about you. You do have time for a dog, right? You mentioned a job…”

“I co-own a haulage firm… but I’m my own boss and I can work from home a few days a week.” He started. “My son and I just moved into a new place with a garden and there is a park just a few minutes’ walk away. And my mother and sister live nearby too so they can help out too. And I've looked around for a dog walker or doggie day-care for when they're busy.” Robert rambled.

Vanessa smiled.

“Sounds like you've thought of everything.” She turned to Aaron. “What about you?”

“I'm... back with my parents for the time being after me and my boyfriend broke up. It was his house so I had to move out.” He explained and Robert envied him a little for being able to just reveal that part of himself to a total stranger. Robert wasn’t exactly closeted himself, but the bi pride bumper sticker on his car and the pin on his leather jacket at home, were about as visible as he was comfortable with being around strangers. Even if Vanessa had mentioned a wife instead of a husband. “But I'm looking for my own place and I definitely want to be close to the dog park and hopefully have a little garden.”

They chatted some more about their lives and scheduled a date to come back and take their dogs home.

“Is it ok if I bring my son next time?” Robert asked. “It's his birthday present.”

“Of course.” Vanessa replied. “We'll see you both in a few weeks then.”

Robert went home, feeling a lot lighter and happier than he had on the way over, and it wasn’t just the puppies that had improved his mood.

He decided to treat Seb to chips and let him stay up a little later than he should, watching his favourite films.

The boy didn’t question his dad’s good mood and just made the most of it.

A few weeks passed and Seb kept dropping hints about his birthday, while Robert pretended not to know what he was talking about.

One afternoon when he was out shopping for dog supplies, his phone rang and he answered without really checking the number.

“Robert Sugden.”

“Hi, Robert, it’s Vanessa. From the dogs.”

“Yes, hi, of course. Is everything alright?”

“Absolutely. I was just wondering if you’d mind coming to pick your dog up later this afternoon? My wife just surprised me with a weekend away so we’ll be leaving tomorrow and I don’t want to put the whole thing on my sister.”

“Oh… sure. Uh I can come over after I’ve picked my son up from school? Around 3?”

“Perfect.” Vanessa replied. “I’ll go call Aaron now, hopefully he can make it too and we can get you both set up with your new friend today.”

Robert forced himself to focus on his shopping, instead of the thought of seeing Aaron again, and quickly grabbed some more supplies, figuring if he had a bed, lead, food, and some toys for their puppy, they’d be alright for a few days.

He drove to Seb’s school and got him out of class early with a made up family emergency.

“Are we going to hospital?” the boy asked as Robert waited for him to fasten his seatbelt.

“No mate, auntie Vic isn’t ill. That was just… a little white lie… so they’d let you leave school early…” He explained, realising now that that wasn’t the best example for his son.

“Ok…”

“We’re going to pick up your birthday present.”

Seb’s eyes lit up.

“Yeah? What is it?”

Robert smiled.

“You’ll love it.”

“The race car?”

“Nope.”

“The dinosaur show?”

“Nope.”

“Lego?”

“Nope.”

“Dad! Just tell me!”

“Check this bag. There’s a hint in there.” Robert handed him a plastic bag from the pet store he’d just been to, filled with dog treats and toys.

The boy rummaged through the bag and Robert smiled to himself, waiting for him to figure it out.

“We’re getting a dog?!”

“That’s right. I know I always said no… but we have plenty of room now. I figured you’d maybe like it.” He teased. “But if you don’t want it, I can just ring the lady and tell her we’ve changed our minds.”

“NO! Dad no! I want a puppy!”

Robert laughed and drove them to Vanessa’s house.

He’d barely parked the car when Seb got out and told him to hurry up.

“It’s the house with the big tree in front of it.” He told the boy who ran to the door.

He grabbed the lead and some treats from the bag and locked the car, before making his way up to the house too.

Seb had rang the doorbell and Vanessa opened the door just as Robert reached it too.

“Oh hi, come on in you. The dogs are just through there.” She said, friendly, stepping aside to let Seb in. “You can just go through too, I’ll be right there.”

Robert wondered for a minute why she wasn’t coming back in too, but when he turned around to ask, he saw Aaron walking down the street, up to the house.

“Hiya, come on in, Robert and his son just got here.”

Seb had dropped to his knees in front of the baby gate and was already trying to play with the puppies through the bars.

“Dad, look, he’s bringing me the ball!”

“That’s great. He likes you already.”

The adults let Seb play with the puppies for a bit while they took care of the finances and other details.

“Are we getting two dogs?” Seb asked, having figured out the two puppies in the pen were the ones up for adoption.

“No mate, just the one with the green collar. Aaron here is adopting the other one.”

Seb looked at Aaron like he’d just noticed him.

“Oh… but then ours will miss his brother.”

“I’m sure he’ll be way too happy with you to miss anyone.” Vanessa told him.

“No, he’s right.” Aaron said, surprising everyone. “So maybe we can meet up every once in a while? So they can play together?”

“Can we, dad?”

“Uh… if Aaron is sure he wants to…”

“Yeah. It’ll be nice for them to see their playmate again, won’t it?” Aaron replied. “And I just got a place in the city, so it’ll be nice for me to have a playmate too.” He grinned and Robert had to remind himself to breathe.

“Do you hear that?” Seb asked the dogs. “You get to come home with us, and you get to go home with Aaron and then you can play together again really, really soon.”

“Give me your phone, so I can put my number in it.” Aaron told Robert who did what he asked.

He watched Aaron put in his number and call his own number so he’d have Robert’s.

After a cup of tea and a chat, they left Vanessa’s house with a promise to send her regular updates on how the pups were doing.

“When can they play together again?” Seb asked his dad, who turned to Aaron.

“Uh… when is good for you?”

“How about… next Wednesday? Or maybe Saturday?”

“Saturday! Can we go Saturday, dad?”

“Yeah… I suppose so. Where do you want to meet? The dog park behind the old bus station?”

Aaron smiled.

“Sounds good.”

They said their goodbyes, realising they were parked on opposite ends of the street, and promised to keep in touch to pick a time and exact place to meet.

Robert got Seb and their new puppy settled in the backseat and got behind the wheel himself, and just as he was about to start the engine, he felt his phone buzz in his pocket. He took it out and saw a text from Aaron.

How is 2 for you for Saturday?

- 2 is fine. By the fountain?

Sure.

Robert thought that was the end of the conversation but the little dots at the bottom of his screen told him otherwise.

Are you doing anything Saturday night?

- Uh no, not really.

Would you like to go out with me? We could go for a drink and a mate of mine works at a restaurant in the city centre.

- Like a date? Robert watched his phone and waited for a reply from Aaron for what seemed like an eternity. Double texting it would have to be.

- Because I’d like that. To go on a date with you.

This time the reply came almost right away.

I’d like that too. Your new puppy isn’t the only cute member of the family.

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