#snuffles the dog

[lulublack90]

Prompt 24 - First Pet

@wolfstarmicrofic January 24, word count 746

Every day for the past two weeks, Remus had been stalked on his way to and from work. His stalker knew exactly when he’d leave the flat or the school, then from out of an alley or around a corner he’d appear. Remus had tried running, he’d tried shouting, he’d even tried squirting water at him, but nothing worked, the little, scruffy, black puppy always found him. 

“Hey, Mr Lupin, your puppy is waiting outside the gate,” Gavin piped up during personal reading time. Remus looked up. 

“It’s not my, oh, never mind,” He moved over to the window and looked out at the sad puppy eyes staring back at him. He warred in his head for a few minutes before he sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as he came to a decision. “Is anyone going to dob me in if I bring a puppy to class?” A chorus of no’s sounded around the classroom. “Do not misbehave while I’m gone,” He warned them, he didn’t have to, as all the students in his class were amazing and as usual the best behaved in the school. 

He’d taken his big coat out with him and hurried across the paved court at the front of the school. As quietly as possible, he opened the wrought iron gate and whistled for the puppy. The puppy came plodding along, tripping over his too-big feet. “Hi,” Remus breathed as he stroked the scruffy puppy for the first time. He picked him up and bundled him into his coat. The puppy was so light. Remus hurried back into the warmth of the school. 

“He’s so cute!”

“Can he come in every day?”

“He’s such a good boy,” Remus’s students gushed. The little puppy was having the time of his life, going from student to student before settling under Remus’s desk for a long nap. 

Somehow, Remus got to the end of the day without anyone finding out about the puppy sleeping under his desk. Remus put his coat on and tucked the puppy down the front, holding his little butt to keep him from slipping. 

“Oh, Mr Lupin,” Ms McGonagall called out, just as he was about to walk out of the door. 

“Yes, Ms McGonagall,” He turned his head and smiled pleasantly at her.

“Don’t forget it's parent's night on Friday,” She reminded him.

“Of course, Ms McGonagall,” He said, forcing his smile wider. He turned to leave again. 

“Oh, and Mr Lupin,” She called after him again. He stopped walking. “Please refrain from bringing your dog into class again tomorrow.” Damn it!

“Yes, Ms McGonagall.” Finally, she let him leave. 

Their flat was only a short walk from the school, and he knew just how Sirius was going to react when Remus showed him the dog. 

“OH MY GODDDDDDDD!” Sirius squealed when the puppy jumped into his arms, putting his huge paws on Sirius’s chest so he could lick all over Sirius’s face. “Remus, I love him!” Sirius said, wrapping his arms around the wriggling pup. “What’s his name?” 

“He doesn’t have one yet,” Remus told him. The puppy jumped off Sirius’s lap and began exploring the flat, his enormous paws making soft padding sounds as he did. 

“What about Padfoot?” Sirius suggested. 

“No, that’s totally lame,” Remus scoffed. 

“Alright,” Sirius pulled a face at him. The puppy was snuffling around making a terribly loud noise as he sucked in air, smelling everything in front of him. 

“Snuffles?” Sirius asked, and before Remus could say anything, the pup had launched himself at Sirius and was licking him again. 

“Snuffles?” Remus said. It was almost as bad as Padfoot. The puppy jumped off Sirius and landed in front of Remus, plopping his little butt on the floor as he looked up at Remus, wagging his fluffy tail. 

“Yay, Snuffles,” Sirius cheered, and Snuffles ran back over to him. 

That night, Remus’s stalker ended up in bed with them. But only after the bath, Remus insisted he needed and took up far more room than a little puppy should in a kingsized bed, but he was so damn happy that Remus couldn’t find it in his heart to tell him to get down. They slept surprisingly well, Snuffles between Remus and Sirius, snoring softly. “We’re keeping him, right,” Sirius asked quietly, stroking Snuffles’s head. 

“Yeah, I think we are,” Remus smiled at him, leaning over and kissing him before turning off the bedside light and snuggling down to sleep. 

[sidetongue]

who else could be this handsome with mud smeared on their face

[rickandmortyscreenshots]

[allaboutlov3]

Dog days are over but its Bellatrix after OOTP

[yunisverse]

A little while back you posted something about an art teacher breathing a sigh of relief because of the different art style you were using - possibly compared to the rest of the art class at the time. Something about a style of illustration?

I wasn't sure what that meant in an art way.

Ah yes, this post!

The animal drawing class I was in was all illustration majors; as a result, their impulse was to try and draw each subject with as much detail and as beautifully rendered as possible. They'd spend the class trying to draw one or two really pretty drawings of a horse.

I, as the lone animation major, was more focused on gestural drawings--drawings that were very loose, that focused on line of action, the general shapes that make up the anatomy of the animal, etc. By the end of class I'd gone through several pages getting as many drawings as I could done.

Like the comic says in the post where I brought it up, there's nothing wrong with either style--they're just two different artistic strengths! My teacher was just happy to see someone doing something different from the rest of the class.

[abirddogmoment]

realized today that I'm so done being embarrassed by my puppy's normal harmless age-appropriate behaviours

[xskyll]

[rayz-gamma]

(COWBOY BEBOP × RICK AND MORTY) art by @nso_cartoons

[fbwzoo]

I've been trying to work harder & smarter at giving the dogs, especially the girls, enrichment more often. They're bored, and not getting walks as often (or at all for Emma) due to the heat. Spring honestly doesn't care much & would generally prefer to play with toys if anything. Happy-go-lucky dumb sweetie. 😂 But the girls are both smart & like food and want something harder!

So I've started trying to use our lick mats & puzzle toys more often, without making a big production of it. Addy likes strawberries, so I've been putting strawberry tops in the slow feeder bowl, adding water (preferably flavored with baby food, wet food, etc) & freezing it.

For the lick mats, I'm using up some wet food the cats & Spoon don't like, baby food, and ends of cat food if I don't need the full can for their meal. Sometimes some human food leftovers like plain rice.

So far this casual approach is making it less of a Big Chore & less overwhelming! And the girls enjoying them so much is really encouraging, so now I'm considering other things I can get to add to them for more flavors & such.

Also I got Emma a rope toy yesterday bc she doesn't have good enough bite control to play tug with my hand like Spring. I thought she'd like the firmer texture more than the fleece tugs Spring prefers. I was right!! 🥰

[brandileigh2003]

I've got you update-- set in Silence between us universe

Remus is feeling out of control emotionally after a seizure, and Sirius helps him through it.

Day 30: don't mean to get emotional: Fear / Breaking point / “I can't stop crying, I'm sorry--” @whumperless-whump-event

[sidetongue]

big crew vs little crew

[orangedogsquad]

Goober

[kittyms167]

Happy Holidays, everyone. Santa left the dogs a nice pile of treats and toys and everyone has a snuffle mat now.

[xwilbatx]

ok i need help lmao.. i got arguably the best christmas present ever (handsome boy below) and im lowkey strugglingggg deciding between padfoot & snuffles for his name, def has to be one of the 2 bc duh sirius kin but idk what fits better lmao 😭

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