Rescue Dogs: Chapter Two
Valorous King sees a psychotherapist.
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 discussions of paedophilia and child sexual abuse, self-esteem issues, abuse, mental illness, obsessive behaviour, trauma, and violence.
“Hi, Aunt Noble,” said Valorous, holding the phone in the crook of his elbow as he finished typing up an intake form. There were a few arrest reports on his desk that he needed to type up before he finished up for the night, assuming he didn’t get called out anywhere, but it had been a pretty quiet day, all told.
Presumably the desk had put him through because he was the least likely in the building to actually be scared of Noble King.
“Well, if he wasn’t such a shitty dealer they wouldn’t have arrested him,” he said, pressing save and then wrestling with the system, which was about as old as computers were and slow as fuck. “We’ll let him out on bail so long as you…
