This is a short work of erotic fiction containing furry, or anthropomorphic, characters, which are animals that either demonstrate human intelligence or walk on two legs, for the purposes of these tales. It is a thriving and growing fandom in which creators are prevalent in art and writing especially.
Please note that all characters are clearly over eighteen and written as such in all stories.
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"There you go, girl, in you go."
Madoc stepped back, allowing his grey mare to settle herself back in her stable. They'd only just returned from a clinic and the drive had been long enough, twilight settling over the outdoor stable yard with the first glimmers of stars sparking to life in the sky. There would have been more if there had not been a grey sweep of clouds sullying the otherwise clear night, heralding warmer times, even if that night was crisp and clear.
The mare glanced back at him, but otherwise was content to settle to her hay, dressed only in a light rug that would do for the night. Other horses shifted in their stabled around them, though the Warlander equine anthro left them to it, stifling a yawn. The day had gotten on without him, though he was still glad that he'd gone to the clinic, even if it had been quite draining and his mane still had a knot in it that he hadn't found the time to even comb out with his fingers.
His legs ached from the riding session, though he felt that he'd learned a lot, the stable already set up for his horse as Madoc left her to it. She'd done more than enough for him that day and, with a final, soft farewell, Madoc shifted back off down the stable yard, thinking of a hot meal and a beer, perhaps, to round off the day. His back ached terribly with a twinge of pain from all the driving and he groaned, arching his back as he passed the tack room at the end of the block of stables, pushing his hands into his lower back.
"Unff... Sheesh..."
"Something got you sore there?"
Madoc nearly jumped out of his skin, his throat squeaking in a whinny as his nostrils fluttered before he could even stop himself. Heart pounding, he gasped and whipped around, though he needn't have been so jumpy in the quiet solitude of the stable yard in the evening, for the stallion anthro standing there, smirking a little,
"I didn't think you were still that jumpy... You know I'm not actually trying to scare you."
Madoc let out a breath, suppressing a roll of his eyes the best he could.
"Oh, hey, Ametrine."
The chestnut stallion with a white diamond on his forehead was larger than him and taller too, though not by much, even if he had something of a looming presence to him, taking up more space than he actually did. It made Madoc feel smaller than he was, though the chestnut stallion had a way about sneaking up in places where he was not expected. Or maybe it was just that he was around the yard so much working with his own horses, even if no one seemed to know all that much about what he did with his private life outside the yard. Madoc supposed it was none of his business.
Ametrine grinned, stepping back into the tack room, flicking the light on.
"Hey. How's the clinic?"
"Pretty good," Madoc said with a shrug. "Got a lot to think about, but it's a long day when you just do one, you know."
"Yeah," Ametrine chuckled, moving into the tack room, a little chilly, ruffling the base of his mane. "You want a cup of coffee? Was just going to make one. Before heading back, I mean."
Madoc raised an eyebrow.
"What, at this time?"
Ametrine shrugged.
"I can sleep through anything, doesn't matter when I have a coffee," he chuckled. "But it's easier to get the rest of the things done in the evening that I need to if I'm a bit, uh, perkier. Yeah... Something like that..."
Madoc would have pressed, but it seemed like he was getting a cup of coffee anyway. The kettle bubbled, rumbling with heat as it reached the boil, and the horses watched it attentively, Ametrine sitting back in a hard-backed chair, pouring a cup each of coffee that, really, was only drunk out of necessity. It most certainly was not what Madoc would have usually gone for, but both the company and the view made it worth it.
He'd been watching Ametrine out of the corner of his eyes for some weeks, since the horse had appeared on the yard, quietly getting on with his training, his work, all as if it was predetermined that it was going to take place. He moved around others with a fluid grace that did not quite match up with his height, but as if he was carefully deliberate of his own strength at all times. The horse drew attention without even meaning to, half the time, but Madoc's eyes followed him, how easily he hefted bales of hay around, unloading most of the trailer himself when some others were still struggling with a few. He did not go down to a T-shirt often, but the pull and ripple of muscle under his clothes was evident even in the colder months. Madoc would not have been shy to admit to himself that he was looking forward to the summer months and seeing a little more of the equine's chestnut hide.
The closeness, however, sitting on chairs side by side, conversation flowing moderately between them as they sipped bad coffee, was not something that he had expected. He got on with Ametrine well enough, but he was a stallion who was so often so busy that he couldn't stop to talk. Not that Madoc was usually the chatty sort, though it was oddly fascinating how Ametrine was able to get him to open up, to talk a little more, even when he thought he should have been getting on home.
Maybe, even then, he was wanting more. Maybe he was just glad to sit down, to rest his legs for a little while, or perhaps it was something else entirely. All he knew was that they shifted closer and closer, laughing at some bad joke that was not really all that funny, Ametrine buckled over and wiping tears from his eyes.
It was the coming together of a moment that, truly, had been months in the making, Madoc leaning back, nursing his nearly finished coffee and wondering if he should put the kettle back on for some tea. Did Ametrine like tea? He always had a flask in his hand, pretty much, but that could have been anything and, based on his drinking preferences that were so far known, was most likely coffee.
But that was no matter. He flicked the kettle on anyway as Ametrine's eyes followed the path of his hand.
"Something says you're not ready to go yet," the red stallion teased, sitting back and rubbing his chin. "Though you don't have to stay, mind, just shooting the shit before heading on."
"Oh." Madoc paused, though the kettle was already boiling, as if it was highlighting that tension between them, how it thrummed, nearly visibly, in the air between them. "Yeah... Ah, I always end up drinking cups of tea at home, pretty normal for me...heh..."
Not the smoothest thing he'd ever said, though it didn't seem to matter. The other horse's gaze was on him, not quite making eye contact but looking at his face, eyes moving from a cheekbone to the spot in the middle of his forehead where his grey forelock had been brushed to the side.