#also my use of parentheticals is fully out of control atp I fear

[thee-morrigan]

hello hello friend! do you have any lore you’d like to share about the best pup, sleater? (~agentnatesewell)

hiii, Mar! I would LOVE to share some Sleater lore — tysm for asking about her! 💖

- her full name is Sleater-Kinney, after the band (if the Weezer reference in the last chapter didn't make it obvious, Holland is very into 90s alt/indie music, so of *course* she named her dog after one such band lol)

- she's a red merle Australian Shepherd

- Aussies are notorious velcro dogs and Sleater is no exception — she follows Holland almost everywhere (Aussies in general can be p needy, which is something that is actually Very Good for Holland, even if she wouldn't necessarily admit to loving that trait)

- part of what swayed Holland into adopting her was learning that she was surrendered for being too high maintenance and having more energy than her original owners were prepared for. Holland would say this is mostly because she wanted a running partner (which isn't *un*true), but the whole truth is that she found that description hit a little too close to home and it made her sad (I am once again using extremely unsubtle narrative devices to heal Holland's mommy issues xD)

- taking advantage of the fact that Holland doesn't live in an apartment in this AU: Sleater has a lil obstacle course in their backyard (and shoutout to @lykegenia for being the source of this particular headcanon — Sleater doing like, dog gymnastics would never have occurred to me if she hadn't shared that idea with me in the first place!!)

- one of Sleater's favorite summer nighttime activities is chasing lightning bugs (there's a scene in an upcoming chapter that mentions/features this). she's never caught one, but she's very determined (and very silly).