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[mimblexwimble]

It's that time again!

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[rokhal]

I don't know if this is violating any etiquette around here, and if so, sorry, and great minds think alike?

Grace PeriodStray June 53 was too damn smart

[rokhal]

The second day, 53 ate his kibble, and Matt got the rubber-hand-on-a-stick and messed with his bowl to test him for food aggression. 53 backed away from the hand and sat, staring at them soberly. He allowed Matt to pet him with a heavy gauntlet, mess with his face, pick up his feet, squeeze his chest, play with his tail. His ears folded flatter and flatter and his tail tucked in deeper and deeper as the touching went on until he looked earless and his tail touched the bottom of his chest. The whites of his honey-brown eyes showed, and his pupils were very large

[rokhal]

She approached her boss, Allie, a withered woman who had finally given in and begun hiding last year from the din of lonely barking dogs in her little sound-proofed command center with the computer and the filing cabinet. "We need to move up a euthanasia," Molly announced, looking at Allie's rubber sandals

[rokhal]

"Hurry up," Matt demanded, and Molly rushed back to June 53's kennel to hose the blood off. She got wash-rags and adhesive wrap to bandage his front feet. She wiped down the worst of 53's coat with a damp towel. She put more kibble in his food bowl, and helped Matt maneuver him back into the kennel and release him. He bashed his head against the kennel door, then circled in place, snapping at the air and whining

[rokhal]

She reached forward and grabbed Allie by the shoulder. "Come on," she said to the older woman, giving her a firm tug that emphasized the slight but critical difference in their strengths. "I want some coffee. Let's walk to the espresso stand

[beth_summer]

I loved this! The outsider-POV was fantastic, and you really got the sense of what Sam was going through. It was very sad, a little creepy, and the ending made me shudder for Molly and happy for Dean and Sam.

[rokhal]

Thanks so much! Creepy is kind of fundamental to Sam's situation. Creepy and sad for everyone involved.

[kettle_o_fish]

Oh man, this is great. Loved the outsider POV. *happy flail*

[rokhal]

Thanks! Outsider POV is really fun. Or depressing. Fupressing?

[mimblexwimble]

I love how you took a theme that could be reasonably lighthearted and made it suspenseful and nerve-racking. Amazing job!

[rokhal]

No we will not have lighthearted or reasonable! We will have misery and ruin!

Thanks. I'm so happy to hear there was actual suspense. Thanks for reading!

[ladybastet92]

Oh god this hurt so good. I have no words for the feelings this gave me. Muzzled and self-mutilating Sam, poor sweetie. Thank you for a wonderful fill!

And this just made me more sure that I'll never have the strength to work in a euthanizing shelter. Never.

[rokhal]

Thanks for reading! I guess Sam's not going to miss his tail when he gets turned back? Sorry.

I've never worked in one, either. Hopefully they're not actually that bleak.

[quickreaver]

Really really cool! (Took me a while to get to it but I'm glad I did.)

[rokhal]

Thanks! (No complaints on lateness from me, of all people . . .)

hey

[leighannwallace]

Great POV, broke my heart. You clearly have spent a hell of a lot of time working and suffering at animal shelters. I'll never forget the first time I looked into a pen and saw blood spattered over the walls, and the dog's tail torn to hell. Horrific.