Rescue Dogs: Chapter Ten
Cecil and Valorous go to the arena.
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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It’s a Thursday night, and they’re in Camelot because life is Hell and for some reason Cecil lets it be Hell. It’s raining outside and Cecil can hear the water pounding down against the arena roof, but that’s nothing compared to the movement of people’s feet, the stamp of their feet in rhythm.
Cecil is in a box, which is — Weird.
He’s never been in a box at an event like this, has never so much as been near to the front row, but this place is fucking luxury upon luxury. The seat he’s on is lined in a fancy red cloth and there’s gilt all around the fucking room and fucking fancy curtains, and when Valorous brought him into the box it was not just to all that but to an array of complimentary hors d’oeurves on a bunch of shiny plates and waiting drinks in…
