#desmond as a great pyrenese

[teecupangel]

@blue-cat-ter-flies-blog left this reply in the English Mastiff!Desmond idea:

TBH I always thought if Desmond was a dog he'd be a Great Pyrenese thanks to that one post floating around about how great flock guardians are. Also he'd not only be Assassin-coloured but ridiculously fluffy too.

Wikipedia links to the Pyrenean Mountain Dog and it looks like what you’re describing.

This dog is apparently wildly used in France so now I’m thinking of Desmond getting adopted by Charles Dorian and gifting the dog to his son, Arno. He wasn’t there when Charles died because they didn’t take him and he waited for hours for them to come back until, finally, Monsieur de la Serre comes in to get Arno’s things and to take care of Charles’ belongings as he had no one else (as far as the French aristocrats are concerned anyway). He sees the dog and feeds it before taking it home.

Desmond immediately goes straight to where Arno is crying and Arno holds onto him as he cries.

No one questions how Desmond was still alive even though Arno was already a grown up and Desmond himself is just chilling, helping Arno with his chores, sometimes barks at Olivier when he’s being too rude to Arno.

He knows the de la Serres are Templars but they take care of Arno like their own son (and he also knows about Arno and Élise’s secret relationship and he’s pretty sure her father knows it too) so he doesn’t make any move against them. He never stops to distrust them though because he’s been burned by Templars too much to not have even just a flicker of mistrust but he won’t stop Arno from bonding with them.

Then Monsieur de la Serre was killed and Arno was imprisoned and Élise came home with a grave expression on her face.

She looked at Desmond for a moment before walking away without saying anything.

And that’s when Desmond knew…

This peaceful life as Arno Dorian’s canine companion has come to an end.

(Desmond ends up guarding the living 'lifestocks' known as 'Assassin recruits'. Pierre is the one who coins the term 'lifestocks' because of how protective Desmond is with the three recruits who usually work with Arno in missions)

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