[Griffin Torrens]

Pan Scarf - Adopted

Username: DarkestWerewolf
Name: Secret Abode // Nysa
Gender: Female
Height: 19 in
Weight: 35 lbs
Color: Black Merle Piebald
Genotype: aa BB cchcch DD EE hh II Kbky Mm spsp tt UU LL

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[Kruxly]

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[Rawr-Horse]

Username: Rawr-Horse
Name: VHIK The Water's Fine | Thane
Gender: Male
Name Meaning: Thane means "landholder", a play on words to honor the breed and their use in herding.
Prompt:
Write a story about this collie's first love. Did the deny or embrace the feeling? Was it a disaster, or are they still with them to this day? You may tell it in past or present tense. Minimum 200 words, no max. Extras are allowed (eg. music, art)

Thane grew up on a small ranch, neighboring another. While he was a pup, he would run between the two ranches during the day, goofing off from his work. The other ranch had more dogs, whereas is only had his parents and littermates. Even then, once his littermates were old enough, many were being sold off. But Thane ignored this, and easily dodged it, by disappearing over to this other ranch to play with these other dogs. One being Tavish, (if I was to get them, would be This collie.) who, in personality, was completely opposite of Thane. Thane was bold, loud, could never keep his paws on the ground. He had to be moving at all times, taking risks, slacking off. Tavish was quiet, collected, and was born to follow rules. The two did not get along at first, Tavish was constantly annoyed with Thane's inability to listen or follow simple instructions. But over time, they grew on each other. Thane was the chaos that Tavish craved, and Tavish was the stability Thane needed.
They got along quite well, often being seen together. Tavish would allow himself to slack off or relax more, but would keep Thane in line as well. Things were good, for awhile.
For most of their interactions, things had been on a strictly Friendship basis, Thane never thinking past that, or that it was possible with Tavish and how withdrawn he could be. But, before he could figure out, or fully embrace his feelings, Thane was sold from the Ranch. They were moving and selling their ranch, as well as their dogs. He was moved before he could properly say goodbye, and sent to a Ranch that was a few hour drive away, so quite difficult for him to come back.
Thane was devastated, and became withdrawn and quiet, sulking around this new place despite what his new owners, and the other dogs, tried to do. This new ranch was huge, with so much more to do and explore than his last home, but it wasn't the same without Tavish. They had both practically grown up together, and after being moved, Thane realized how much Tavish meant to him.
Months went by while he was in this state, until Tavish one day, showed up on the ranch, Thane's new owners having talked to Tavishs' to work out buying him as well, after finding out how close they had been.
Thane easily embraced his feelings for Tavish, and the two have been absolutely inseparable ever since.

[DarkestWerewolf]

Username: DarkestWerewolf
Name: Secret Abode // Nysa
Gender: Female
Name Meaning: Nysa is a mountainous area where infant Dionysus was previously raised by rain nymphs
Prompt:

It was warm, fuzzy, ticklish even.

She couldn’t stop the feeling everytime she saw her. The way she jumped when she caught the frisbee, the way she ran after the ball. Poor Nysa could only stare with big blue eyes. She didn’t know how to comprehend the feelings.

She hated it.
She hated the way her heart raced when her crush approached her.
She hated the way she would stutter on words.
She hated the way she would constantly seek her out.

It was her first crush. You could call it puppy love - pun intended. Nysa didn’t know what else to do. Should she confess? Should she keep it to herself?

Day after day, the butterflies in her stomach kept tormenting her. Her heart kept racing. She kept getting tongue-tied when speaking to her. It was infuriating.

But she still liked the feeling.
The warm fuzziness that she feels and they way Nysa would brighten up and just feel a lot happier when she appears. It felt nice.

But in all honesty, Nysa was getting sick of being so awkward around her until a friend of hers gave a tip.

“If you feel that nervous feeling and the butterflies in your stomach, DIGEST THEM.”

And digest them she did. Nysa took a deep breath and channeled all the confidence she could. Her crush was right there. It’s time to stop being the stuttering collie. Nysa marched up to her crush and looked her in the eye. However, only a mere squeak came out.

The butterflies prevailed, unfortunately.

Her crush was puzzled but it didn’t take long before Nysa’s crush caught on to her intention.

“Yeah I love you too, you dumb goof.”

[Julius525]

Username: Julius525
Name: Meredith
Gender: Female
Name Meaning: Protector of the sea
Prompt:

Meredith never gave up on love. She knew it would not be easy, but no matter the obstacle, sooner or later someone open for love will find its significant one.
Meredith was still pretty young when she thought she had found love for first time. It was a slightly older dog. Her name was Gala, and only watching her herding in the fields made Meredith be stunned, leaving whatever she was doing to simply watch how the female did. There was one day, when with a little help of other dogs, Meredith got a little closer, and Gala took the first step:

"Hello there, stalker" -The older female abruptly said with a little smirk- "What's your name? I'm Gala, but I guess you already knew that"

"I...I....I'm...." -Meredith was pretty nervous, she never expected their first meeting to be like this. She was a bit uncomfortable, unable to know what was Gala thinking of her-

"The cat ate your tongue?" -Gala mumbled giving her a cocky look- "Well, you should not fear me, nor anyone's opinion ever. I can see your legs shaking, calm down. I don't bite....Often" -Gala elegantly trotted away a few metres and smelt the air- "Maybe you want to go for a walk or lay somewhere cool? Out of gossip eyes..." -She said looking at the small hill where Meredith used to watch her, noticing a couple figures hiding in the bushes-

"Su-sure... My name is Meredith..." -The merle dog said at last-

"Good to hear that! And your voice is soft and nice..." -Gala said smiling- "Come, I know a very pretty place..."

Both dogs spent what was left of the day together. They shared laughs and nice moments, but at the very end, Gala denied to go out with Meredith. She explained the young merle dog that it was not her time to settle down yet. Gala wanted to explore the world, to earn the titles she thought she deserves, to be recognised as the good collie she was with some rosettes and then, as a champion, maybe retire and enjoy some family time with whoever would conquer her heart.
This made Meredith to be very sad for days, but at the end, she kept trying. In the mornings, she would leave flowers near Gala's bed. She would drop small gifts for her in her usual places. She was more than happy to see Gala be surprised and smile with this presents.
Now, Gala has finally achieved her championship and spends more time at home. It has been an exhausting year and Meredith knows it. Maybe its time to try again luck. What Meredith doesn't know, is that Gala knows that all the presents were hers, and that she is only waiting for Meredith to come to tell her all what she feels now.

[Griffin Torrens]

Username: DarkestWerewolf
Name: Secret Abode // Nysa
Gender: Female
Name Meaning: Nysa is a mountainous area where infant Dionysus was previously raised by rain nymphs
Prompt:
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[DarkestWerewolf]

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