Overture to Date Night: A Sue Sharp Snippet
Original Concept by – Nimbletail –
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It was Saturday and that meant date night! Like so many things, Button found it difficult to abandon the cynical, “too cool for school” kind of attitude about things that she’d had when she still walked on two legs. She had to tell herself over and over that it was okay to be excited about a little outing—a break from Master’s house and the routine he so vigorously enforced—the latter of which she still had to complete before the evening fun could begin.
The day started at the crack of dawn like always. Button worked up quite a sweat during her “walkies,” she bashfully made her “piddles and plops” while she squatted on trembling legs, and then returned home to the usual breakfast of a lukewarm bowl of water and a half a cup of dry kibble. Kibble…it wasn’t just part of a complete breakfast. It was breakfast, every breakfast, everyday. Sure it was kind of boring, but it was also wonderfully reassuring. Master’s apparently unwavering consistency always made her feel safe. It brought order to her chaos, and deep down she knew that’s what she needed to thrive, even if it wasn’t always easy to admit.
After breakfast on work days, Button would be crated to keep her out of mischief while Master was away, but on weekends she got to lie lazily at his feet while he read, watched TV, or played video games. Though it wasn’t always a lazy affair for her, sometimes he put her to work. He’d send her to fetch him a securely packaged snack or a bottle of water in her mouth—neither of which she ever got to enjoy—sometimes he’d use her as a footstool until her thin arms gave out, and sometimes, the best times, she’d spend nearly the whole duration with her drooly, inquisitive muzzle in his crotch suckling on his great big “knot” until he flooded her wet, little mouth with his hot stickiness. Much to her disappointment, Master didn’t seem interested in letting her play that morning, and instead ignored her that morning while he watched a boring WW2 documentary. Only occasionally did his hand drift down to pat her or scratch her behind her ears.