Rescue Dogs: Chapter Seven
Valorous and Cecil chat on their hike.
Cecil Hobbes, an ex-PE teacher disgraced and looked down on in his hometown, has a new partner: Sir Valorous King, a knight of the realm, once a child of prophecy, and Cecil’s stalker.
A few months into their relationship, Cecil finally convinces Valorous to see a therapist, on the condition that Cecil attend one himself.
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Content warnings in this chapter include obsessive tendencies, some mental illness and trauma, internalised ableism and implied ableist abuse, self-esteem issues.
“You ever kill anybody?” asked Valorous as they crested the hill, and Cecil glanced at him. He’d just reslung his bag on his other shoulder, which was his own fault, because he wasn’t carrying it properly in the first place, and his posture was fucking shit.
Valorous knew damn well how to carry a bag, and Cecil couldn’t tell whether he was carrying it like that to spite him or to make a point or just because he thought rules of weight distribution didn’t apply for real hikes.
“Sure,” said Cecil, pausing for a moment as Ruby lowered her snout to the ground and followed a scent for a few feet, but then…
