Snow Puppy

[deservesabone]

Who: Sam Merlotte & YOU
When: Yesterday afternoon (when there was still snow)
Where: Out and about!
Summary: Snow is a new thing for the Southerner, and he thought it would be fun to experience it doggy style.
Warnings: None
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Comments

I flipped a coin. =/

[lawyerific]

Maybe one day he'd learn how to drive, but really that would require having somewhere to drive to and the money to actually afford proper upkeep...and petrol. As it is, Phoenix walked everywhere, which was made a little easier since the city was so much smaller, but a little harder by the snow. Snow, the bane of his life...

Honestly, the last thing he remembered from home was a fifteen minute struggle through deep snow and along a slippery cliffside path - just before crossing his burning bridge - and with the return of the snow to the city Phoenix was remembering just how hard life could be when winter set in. In the city it wasn't usually so bad, but his office was cold, outside was cold, his apartment was cold, and to add insult to injury his hot water heater had packed up, meaning that even a hot shower was impossible. That was why he was out today, hunting a flow pipe and valve to get the boiler fixed.

Obviously that meant he was bundled up completely, a huge coat over the top of his suit, a pair of mittens, a scarf and earmuffs clipped over - but not destroying - his hair. Still, he couldn't help but smile when he saw the dog playing in the snow. At least something - other than Maya, that was - could enjoy the low temperatures.

[deservesabone]

The smell wasn't a familiar one - Sam had yet to really meet Phoenix in person. But the playfulness thrumming through him didn't care as much about familiarity as it did about availability. The dog formerly known as Sam barked at bundled-up shape of the man, bounding over with an eagerly wagging tail and bright amber-brown eyes.

Humans couldn't understand canine speech of course, but Sam was pretty sure bending low on his front paws, his butt and tail still high in the air, was a universal sign.

Play!

[lawyerific]

Even Phoenix could work out what that meant, but of course he had nothing to play with the dog with. Not that he had much experience with animals anyway. Oh right, dogs liked balls, didn't they? But he didn't... Correction, he had plenty of balls. Snow balls.

"You want to play?"

A handful of snow from the hood of a nearby car made a good hard snowball, and Phoenix tested it by throwing it slightly and catching it again.

"Ball?"

Because even if the dog spoke French it would recognise the word 'ball', right? Phoenix smiled, then threw the snowball along the sidewalk, heading after it. If he remembered right there was a park this way, wasn't there?

[deservesabone]

For a moment, Sam just stared. Do you really expect a dog to fall for this trick...?

But he wasn't expecting the snowball (more a ball of ice, really) to keep its shape after Phoenix tossed it. Sam's ears perked in surprise, and he trotted after the attorney with curiosity, bending to look where it had landed. Well I'll be damned, it's still in one piece.

Although really, he shouldn't have expected that luck to continue when he tried to take it in his mouth. The shepherd shook his head and awkwardly licked snow off his muzzle. Whoops.

[lawyerific]

Give him a break, Sam, it wasn't like he happened to have a ball on his person, and the snow was right there, no point wasting it.

"Not impressed, are you boy?" Phoenix shook his head. "No, I guess I wouldn't be either." What we really need is a stick... Something that didn't seem to be available in the depths of the city...

He came back, moving over to sit beside the dog and putting his hand on his neck. "No collar, huh? How are we going to get you home?"

[deservesabone]

Home? Who cared about home right now. He was having too much fun outside, just being a dog. Sam shoved his head further under Phoenix's hand, trying to cajole him into further petting. When that didn't seem to be working enough to his standards, he shoved his whole body against the sitting man before finally flopping onto the ground. If that wasn't enough of a hint, the man was hopeless.

[lawyerific]

Phoenix let out a laugh as he was knocked back into the snow by the dog's exhuberance. A few moments later he was leaning forward to rub his sides and scratch behind his ears, smiling.

"I'm going to be covered in fur when I get back to the office, do you know that? I bet you think a little bit of fur improves my suit, don't you?"

It was nice to talk to a dog... You could be honest with them, and they never judged.