16 Unicorn Street | Monday Evening

[playsforkepesh]

There was something unexpectedly lovely about returning home with a bag of take-out in hand and knowing that there was another living creature in her house waiting for her, Sam decided. There was something even lovelier about having that knowledge and knowing that the living creature in question wasn't, say, a spider or a moth or something. Because

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[filleauloup]

To tell the truth, Éponine was getting a bit bored with being a wolf now. It had its advantages (being able to hear so well and to see so well at night especially) but on the other hand there was a distinct lack of opposable thumbs. And she liked it here, really she did, but life as a pet was a little too domestic for her.

Not that any of these things were going through her mind in a terribly coherent fashion, because she'd smelled the steak and predatory instinct (sort of) had kicked in.

She bounded over toward the chair and yipped impatiently, wagging her tail.

[playsforkepesh]

"Did you have a nice day?" Sam wondered warmly, immediately moving to scratch behind Éponine's ears with one hand and beneath her chin with the other. "I certainly didn't, hence the food and eating less than a meter from my bed, but you - I'm sure your day was much more pleasant."

She wasn't, of course, expecting an answer. Just kind of fawning over the puppy, as one did.

[filleauloup]

Her day had been on the frustrating side actually, since she'd been badly wanting to get out and run around but hadn't actually managed to escape. (She'd have come back, really!)

But now she was getting attention, and she was about to get food! She growled happily and turned to lick Sam's hand in appreciation, and --

Now was an incredibly inconvenient moment to suddenly not be a wolf puppy any more.

"Oh," said Éponine, who looked . . . annoyed, actually. "Well, I suppose that had to wear off eventually."

[playsforkepesh]

Sam was... well, shocked, really. The back of her chair hit her desk as she automatically jolted backward in surprise.

"Oh my-- that was you?"

She'd get to the nudity in a moment, really she would, but first she had to get past the astonishment.