Beauregard - Dumb Jock? Find Out

The scoreboard blazed overhead in hard white light:

31 – 28

The final seconds still echoed in the stadium like something alive, the roar not fading so much as rolling, wave after wave crashing down over the field.

Beau—Guard—was still in it when the whistle blew.

He hadn’t scored. That wasn’t his job.

But that last play? He held.

Two defenders slammed into him at once, cleats tearing into turf, shoulders driving into his chest. For a second it looked like they might break the line—

They didn’t.

Beau dropped his weight, hooves digging deep, muscles locking, horns angling just enough to brace as he drove forward with a guttural sound that tore out of him without thought. He didn’t move them far—

He didn’t have to.

It was enough.

The gap held. The runner slipped through.

Touchdown.

Game.

By the time it registered, the field was chaos.

Bodies collided into him from all sides—helmets knocking against his shoulders, hands slapping his back, someone shouting “GUARD!” loud enough to crack.

“THAT’S HOW YOU HOLD IT, BIG MAN!”

“YOU DON’T MOVE HIM—YOU JUST DON’T MOVE HIM!”

He laughed, breath still heavy, chest rising and falling hard beneath his pads. It came out rough and loud, almost disbelieving, his whole body buzzing with the aftershock of impact and adrenaline.

Someone jumped onto his back. Another grabbed his arm. He barely felt the weight.

“C’mon, Guard, don’t play humble—you carried that!”

“Nah—nah—” he shook his head, grinning anyway, ears flicking back as the attention piled on. “I just—held, man, that’s it—I just held—”

But his tail betrayed him—swaying once, twice behind him, quick and loose.

The locker room hit like a storm.

Noise. Steam. Water hitting tile. Music already blasting from someone’s speaker.

Helmets dropped. Pads hit benches. Voices overlapped into something chaotic and alive.

Beau peeled his gear off slower than most—not sluggish, just... deliberate. The game still sat in his body, every muscle humming with leftover force.

Shoulder pads came first, lifted up and off in one heavy motion, revealing the broad sweep of his frame underneath. Sweat-darkened fabric clung to him, outlining the sheer width of his chest and the dense, working lines of muscle beneath.

“Guard, you bulldozed that line, man—”

He huffed a laugh, reaching back to tug his jersey up and over his head. It stuck for a second—caught on one horn—before he worked it free with a small, sheepish shake.

“Wasn’t me—was the play—”

“Shut up,” someone snapped back, grinning. “You are the play.”

He ducked his head at that, ears flicking again, heat rising under his fur despite the cool locker room air.

The showers were already going.

Steam curled thick in the air, water pounding down in steady, echoing rhythm.

Beau stepped under one of the open streams without much thought, rolling his shoulders as the water hit. It traced over him in clean lines, cutting through sweat and grime, catching along the heavy planes of his back and the deep grooves where muscle met movement.

He exhaled, long and low, head dipping forward as the tension finally started to bleed out of him.

For a second, he just stood there.

Water ran down over his horns, along his neck, over the broad slope of his shoulders, following the natural paths of his build—every line of him shaped by impact, repetition, and use rather than show.

Someone bumped into him on the way past.

“Big ass, man—move over—”

“Sorry—” he shifted immediately, instinctive, giving space even though he barely fit where he stood as it was.

“Don’t apologize, you just took out half their defense—”

He huffed again, quieter this time, scrubbing a hand through his hair, trying to rinse out the last of the field.

Praise slid off him easier here—half-lost in noise, in movement, in the normal rhythm of the team.

Still, his tail gave another slow sway behind him before settling.

By the time he dressed, the energy had shifted.

From sharp and electric to loose and rising.

Plans were already forming—calls being made, locations thrown out, someone yelling about a party loud enough to cut through the rest.

“Frat house—ten minutes—no excuses!”

“You better show, Guard!”

“I’ll be there—” Beau called back, tugging a shirt down over himself, still damp at the edges. “Just—lemme—”

“Don’t take too long, big man, you’re the main event tonight!”

That got him.

A flash of red under his fur, a quick duck of his head.

“Aw, c’mon...”

But he was smiling.

The party was already in full swing by the time he got there.

Music hit first—heavy, bass thick enough to feel in his chest. Lights low, shifting, bodies packed into every corner of the house.

Beer pong tables lined up like battlegrounds. Drinks in every hand. Laughter spilling over itself.

Someone cheered the second he stepped in.

“GUARD’S HERE!”

That was it.

He was pulled in almost immediately—hand shoved into his, cup pressed into his palm, bodies closing around him like he’d always been part of the center.

“C’mon, big man—celebration shot!”

“Don’t let him breathe—he earned this—”

He laughed, loud and easy now, the earlier edge gone, replaced with something warmer, looser.

“Alright—alright—just—gimme a second—”

He didn’t get one.

The shot was already there. He knocked it back without much resistance, grimacing for half a second before the burn turned into a grin.

“Yeah, there we go—!”

Time blurred fast after that.

Music. Movement. Hands clapping his shoulders, tugging him into games, into dances, into the center of things whether he aimed for it or not.

He leaned into it.

Let himself.

He moved easily through the crowd despite his size, ducking under doorframes, turning sideways through tight spaces, always adjusting without thinking. People pressed into him, leaned against him, used him as an anchor point in the shifting chaos.

At one point, he lifted someone clean off the ground—laughing when they shrieked—before setting them back down with a careful, practiced ease.

“Again! Again—!”

“Careful—” he laughed, but he did it anyway.

His tail gave a loose, unrestrained wag behind him now, impossible to hide in the crush of bodies.

He didn’t notice.

Somewhere off to the side, a couple disappeared down a hallway.

Another pair tangled up against a wall, half-hidden in shadow.

The air carried that edge—heated, charged, something just under the surface of the noise.

Beau didn’t linger on it.

Or maybe he did, just for a second longer than he meant to.

A glance. A shift. A flick of his ears.

Then someone grabbed his arm again, dragging him back into a game, into a laugh, into the easy, physical rhythm he understood best.

Later, deeper into the night, he slowed just enough to breathe.

Standing near the edge of the room now, drink in hand, shoulders relaxed, chest still rising a little heavier than normal from everything—game, shower, party, all of it stacked together.

His hair was a little damp still. His shirt clung just enough to hint at the shape underneath. His horns caught the low light when he turned his head.

Someone bumped into him—harder this time—and he steadied them automatically, one hand coming up without thought.

“Easy—hey—you good?”

His voice dropped a little when he wasn’t shouting over the crowd.

Closer. Rougher. Easier.

For a second, his attention settled—focused, real—on whoever had ended up in front of him.

Then he blinked, like he’d just realized how close he was standing.

“Uh—sorry—”

His ears flicked back.

His tail gave a quick, traitorous sway behind him.

And just like that, the moment opened—wide enough for anything to step into it.

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The hallway outside the office was too quiet.

Beau slowed as he approached the door, the steady rhythm of campus noise fading behind him until all that was left was the soft hum of fluorescent lights and the dull echo of his own steps. His hooves clicked a little louder than he liked against the tile, each one sounding... final.

He shifted the strap of his bag higher on his shoulder, fingers tightening around it for a second before loosening again. His ears tilted back, then forward, then settled somewhere in between, never quite still.

He’d been called in.

That alone was enough to put a knot in his chest.

It wasn’t like he didn’t know why.

He did.

Grades. Missed details. Tests that didn’t go how he’d hoped. That same creeping feeling that no matter how much he tried, it just... didn’t stick the way it was supposed to.

He paused just outside the door, glancing at the small plaque beside it. The professor’s name sat there in neat lettering, familiar enough now that it didn’t feel foreign, but still enough to make his stomach tighten.

They’d talked before.

About his grades. About how hard he was trying. About how important it was, not just to pass, but to stay eligible. To stay on the team.

That part always hit hardest.

His jaw shifted slightly as he exhaled through his nose.

“Yeah... okay,” he muttered under his breath, more to steady himself than anything else.

Then he knocked.

“Come in!”

The voice was warm. Familiar.

Still made his shoulders tense anyway.

Beau pushed the door open carefully, ducking his head just enough to clear the frame without thinking about it. The room was smaller than he always expected, books lining the walls, papers stacked in neat little towers across the desk.

And...

He blinked.

There was someone else there.

His steps stalled just inside the doorway, weight shifting awkwardly as he tried to recalibrate. His ears flicked once, uncertainty creeping in before he could stop it.

“Oh, uh, sorry, I didn’t,” he started, already half turning like he might have walked into something he was not supposed to.

“Beau! No, no, come in, you’re right on time.”

The professor stood, smiling in that easy, reassuring way that always took a little of the edge off.

“Close the door, would you?”

He did, a little slower this time, glancing once more toward the other person in the room before looking back to the professor. His tail gave a small, uncertain shift behind him, more a flick than a wag.

“Everything okay?” he asked, voice lower than usual, careful. “I didn’t miss somethin’, did I?”

“Not at all,” the professor said, already stepping around the desk. “Actually, this is exactly what I wanted to talk to you about.”

They gestured toward the other person.

“This is someone I’ve asked to meet with us today. They’ve agreed to help mentor you, work with you a bit more one on one.”

Beau blinked again.

The words took a second to land.

“...mentor?” he repeated, like he needed to hear it out loud to make sense of it.

“Someone who’s willing to help you organize your studying, break things down in a way that might click better,” the professor continued. “I’ve seen how hard you’re trying, Beau. You’re not slacking, you’re just... not being given the tools that work best for you yet.”

Something in his shoulders loosened.

Not all at once, but enough.

“Oh.”

It came out softer than he meant it to.

Relief slipped in first, quiet and immediate, like something unclenching deep in his chest.

This was not punishment. He was not being benched. He was not about to be told he was done.

His ears lifted a little, then tilted again toward the other person, this time with more curiosity than alarm.

“You, uh...” he hesitated, rubbing the back of his neck, suddenly aware of how big he felt in the small room. “You’re gonna help me?”

The professor’s smile widened just slightly.

“They volunteered,” they said. “And I think they’ll be a very good fit.”

Beau let out a small breath through his nose, something almost like a laugh but not quite.

“That’s... that’s good. Yeah. I need that.”

He shifted his weight again, hooves adjusting on the floor, posture trying to find a balance between standing tall and not taking up too much space.

“I’ve been tryin’, I just...” his hand moved in a vague, frustrated gesture. “It don’t stick. Not like it’s supposed to.”

“We know,” the professor said gently. “That’s why we’re doing this.”

That helped.

A little.

Beau nodded, slower this time.

“Okay.”

His gaze flicked back to the other person, more direct now, but still edged with nerves. His ears angled toward them, attentive, his tail giving a small, tentative sway before settling again.

“Um... hi,” he said, a bit awkwardly. “I’m, uh, Beau. Or Guard, I guess, if you’ve heard that.”

He huffed a quiet breath, almost embarrassed.

“Sorry, I don’t really know how this works.”

There it was again, that underlying thread.

Relief, yeah.

But woven tight with it:

What if he still could not get it? What if he wasted their time? What if this just proved what everyone already thought?

He shifted his stance, grounding himself, trying not to let that spiral show too clearly.

“I’ll try, though,” he added, more firmly this time, even if his voice dipped just at the end. “I’m not gonna mess around with it. I just... might need things said a couple times.”

His eyes lifted again, searching just a little.

Hoping, more than anything, that this, this time

It might actually stick.

The gym breathed differently at this hour.

Not empty, not quiet, but settled into a steady rhythm that didn’t demand attention. The sharp chaos of peak hours had worn down into something slower, more deliberate. A few clusters of students moved through their routines, the occasional clank of weights punctuating the low thrum of music.

Beau stepped in, ducking slightly as he cleared the doorway, his presence shifting the air in a way that made people look before they meant to.

“Guard.”

A voice from across the room. Familiar.

He lifted a hand in acknowledgment, already moving deeper inside, the heavy, grounded rhythm of his steps matching the pace of the place.

Up close, it was easier to see what people meant when they joked about him blocking out the sun.

He was tall, yes, but it was the width that really defined him. Broad through the chest and shoulders, thick through the torso, built in a way that made space adjust around him rather than the other way around. His fur carried a cool blue-gray tone that deepened along his limbs and back, the gradient darkening into near charcoal along his lower legs. Across his hips and lower back, faint appaloosa-style markings broke the color just enough to give variation without drawing attention away from the whole.

His hair was a soft, slightly tousled white, cut short enough to stay out of his eyes but long enough to fall into place without much effort. It contrasted against the darker tones of his fur and the deep, natural shade of his nose. His eyes were a clear, bright blue, expressive in a way that made it easy to read what he felt even when he tried not to show it.

His horns curved up and forward from his head, thick at the base and polished smooth from years of wear and care, catching the overhead lights in soft highlights when he turned.

He wore simple gym clothes, a fitted sleeveless athletic top stretched across his chest and a pair of short athletic shorts that sat comfortably against his hips. Nothing flashy. Nothing styled. Just practical, worn in, and very clearly used to moving with him.

His bag slid off his shoulder near the mats, dropped with a soft thud, and for a moment he just stood there, taking a breath.

No rush.

No crowd.

No eyes that mattered.

Just work.

He started on the floor.

One knee down, the other bent in front of him, he rolled his shoulders slowly as he settled into the stretch. The movement pulled through him in long, controlled lines, muscle shifting under fur with a kind of quiet inevitability, like everything was exactly where it was supposed to be.

His hands braced lightly on his thigh, fingers spreading, then pressing as he leaned forward just enough to feel the tension catch.

A slow inhale.

Then deeper.

His back flexed as he moved, the subtle engagement of muscle traveling from his hips up through his spine, across the broad plane of his shoulders. It wasn’t sharp or sudden. It was gradual, measured, like his body was waking itself up piece by piece.

He shifted, easing out of it, then into the next.

Hamstrings, hips, lower back. Each stretch held just long enough to matter.

Nearby, someone paused mid-conversation for a second too long before realizing they were staring.

It wasn’t just his size.

It was the way he moved in it.

There was nothing clumsy about him here. No awkwardness, no hesitation. Just a slow, deliberate control that made every inch of him feel intentional.

“Guard, you’re actually stretching? Who are you and what’d you do with the big man?”

One of his teammates dropped down onto the mat nearby, grinning.

Beau glanced over, ears flicking once.

“Coach’ll kill me if I don’t,” he said, voice easy. “Said I move like a brick if I skip it.”

“You are a brick.”

“Yeah, well. A flexible one.”

That got a laugh.

Another teammate passed behind him, clapping a hand against his shoulder hard enough to make a lesser person stumble. Beau barely shifted, just adjusting his balance automatically.

“Don’t pull nothin’, Guard. We need you intact.”

“I’m good,” he said, a little quieter, though the small smile stayed.

His tail gave a short, unconscious sway behind him before settling again.

He pushed up to stand, rolling his neck once, then twice.

His shirt rode up slightly as he lifted his arms overhead, stretching through his sides. The fabric caught, clung, outlined the shape of him before settling again when he dropped his arms back down.

A breath left him, low and steady.

Then he reached for a band.

Hooked it under one hoof, hands pulling the ends outward, testing the resistance before settling into the motion. His arms extended, then drew back, shoulder blades pulling together in a slow, controlled squeeze.

Again.

And again.

Each pull tightened something across his back, defined the movement beneath his fur in a way that made it hard to look anywhere else once you noticed it.

“Guard, you even gotta warm up?” someone called from the racks.

He huffed a quiet laugh, not looking over.

“Coach says I gotta. So I gotta.”

“Man, you are the warm-up.”

He shook his head, ears flicking back, a bit of color rising under his fur despite himself.

“Yeah, alright...”

He moved to light weights next.

Not heavy yet.

Just enough to wake his arms, his chest, his shoulders. The bar came up smooth, controlled, each repetition clean and measured. He wasn’t rushing. He wasn’t trying to impress.

He was building into it.

His breathing deepened, chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm, the subtle shift of effort beginning to show now. Sweat gathered slowly, first along his neck, then at his temples, catching in the light strands of his hair before sliding down.

He set the bar down, exhaling through his nose, then reached for the hem of his shirt.

It came up in one slow motion, catching briefly along one horn before he worked it free.

Cool air met warm skin.

His body was not sculpted for show. It was built for use. Broad, thick, layered with strength that came from repetition rather than design. Every movement carried weight behind it, even when he wasn’t trying.

There was a steadiness to him. A sense that if he chose to hold something in place, it would stay there.

“Damn,” one of his teammates muttered nearby, not even quiet about it. “Man looks like he eats weights for breakfast.”

“Shut up,” another shot back, though they were watching too.

Beau pretended not to hear, dragging a towel across the back of his neck, the motion slow, almost absentminded.

Then he stepped back to the rack.

Now he added weight.

The bar dipped slightly as his hands wrapped around it, his grip firm, practiced. He adjusted his stance, hooves planting solid against the floor, knees bending just enough to anchor himself.

A breath.

Then he lifted.

The weight came up smooth, controlled, no wasted motion. His arms engaged, chest tightening, shoulders stabilizing as he pushed through the movement with a kind of quiet certainty.

Down.

Up.

Each repetition was deliberate. There was no jerking, no showboating. Just strength applied exactly where it needed to be.

Someone nearby stopped mid-set to watch.

Another leaned against a rack, arms crossed, not even pretending anymore.

Beau didn’t react.

Or if he did, it didn’t change anything.

Across the room, someone struggled.

The bar wobbled slightly under their grip, uneven, uncertain.

Beau noticed.

Of course he did.

He finished his set first, lowering the weight carefully back into place before stepping away. His breathing was heavier now, chest rising deeper, a faint sheen of sweat catching along his shoulders and down the length of his back.

He grabbed his towel, wiping his hands slowly, buying himself a second.

His ears flicked toward the sound again.

Another uneven lift.

A hesitation.

He shifted his weight, one hoof scraping lightly against the floor as he considered it.

Then he moved.

Not fast.

Not overwhelming.

Just there.

“Hey,” he said, voice lower now, closer, careful. “You want a spot?”

He kept a bit of distance, even though distance didn’t mean much with him. His size filled the space anyway, presence solid without pressing.

Up close, the details were harder to ignore.

The heat still coming off him from the workout. The steady rhythm of his breathing. The way his body held itself ready without looking tense.

His tail gave a slow, unconscious sway behind him, then stilled again.

Ears angled forward.

Waiting.

“Only if you want,” he added, quieter. “I don’t mind.”

The scoreboard didn’t feel as bright this time.

17 – 21

The numbers sat there, fixed and final, long after the whistle had blown. The crowd had already started to thin, the energy bleeding out of the stadium in uneven waves. What noise remained felt distant, like it belonged to something Beau wasn’t part of anymore.

He stood on the field a little longer than most.

Helmet in one hand. The other resting loose at his side.

He wasn’t winded. His breathing had already settled, steady and even, his chest rising and falling like nothing had gone wrong.

He’d played well.

He knew that.

He had held the line. He had done his job. He had taken the hits, driven back when it mattered.

It hadn’t been enough.

“Guard.”

A hand came down on his shoulder as a teammate passed.

“Shake it off, man. We’ll get the next one.”

Beau nodded.

“Yeah. I know.”

The words came easy. Automatic.

They didn’t change anything.

The locker room carried that same dull weight when they filed in.

Pads dropped. Cleats scraped. Conversations started and didn’t quite go anywhere.

“Man, I hate losin’ like that,” someone muttered.

“Wasn’t even a bad game,” another said. “Just... didn’t land.”

“Next one’s ours,” someone else added, like saying it out loud might make it settle.

Beau sat, hands resting on his thighs for a second before he started pulling his gear off, slower than the others.

“Alright, no,” a voice cut in, louder, sharper. “We are not sitting here like this all night.”

Heads turned.

The locker room door had swung open wider than it should have.

A small group of cheerleaders had pushed in just past the threshold, ignoring the usual boundary with practiced confidence.

“Wow,” one of them said, looking around. “You all look miserable.”

“That’s ‘cause we are,” someone shot back.

“Yeah? Well, we’re not letting that stick.”

A couple of them leaned casually against the doorframe, arms crossed, taking in the room like they owned it.

“House party tonight,” another said. “Ours.”

That shifted things.

“Yours?” someone repeated.

“Yeah. We’re hosting. Music, drinks, people. You’re all coming.”

“Mandatory?” one of the guys grinned.

“Very.”

A few laughs broke through. Not full, not loud, but enough.

Beau glanced up as he pulled his shirt free, the fabric catching briefly against one horn before sliding off.

And then—

“Hey, Guard.”

He looked over.

The head cheerleader had stepped a little closer, arms loosely folded, expression softer than the others.

“Hey,” he answered, quieter.

They tipped their head slightly, studying him.

“You good?”

He hesitated.

Just a second.

“Yeah.”

“You’re moping.”

“I don’t mope.”

“You do,” they said immediately. “You just do it quietly.”

That got him.

A small huff, his head dipping just slightly, ears flicking back.

“...yeah. alright.”

Their mouth curved just a little at that.

“Come to the party,” they said. “You’ll feel better.”

“I dunno,” he muttered, rubbing the back of his neck. “Probably won’t be much fun tonight.”

That earned a few reactions from the team.

“Man, you are always fun,” someone called.

“Yeah, give him two drinks and he’s throwing people again,” another added.

“Careful,” a cheerleader shot in, grinning. “We like being thrown.”

“Speak for yourself,” someone else laughed.

Another voice chimed in, closer this time, teasing.

“Guard just needs a little motivation, right?”

There was a quick, light press at his side. Not enough to be anything serious, just a familiar kind of teasing push, a hand that lingered a second too long before pulling away.

It still hit.

Beau’s shoulders tensed, ears flicking back, heat rising under his fur almost immediately.

“C’mon,” someone laughed. “Look at him, he’s already red.”

“I ain’t—” he started, then cut himself off, shaking his head.

That just made it worse.

“See? He’s comin’,” another said. “He don’t even gotta say it.”

Beau let out a breath, something caught between a laugh and a sigh.

“...fine. I’ll come.”

“Atta boy.”

“Guard’s back.”

“That’s what we like to hear.”

The energy shifted again, faster this time. Guys started moving, grabbing towels, checking phones, calling out plans.

“Text them.”

“Tell them where it’s at.”

“Give it like twenty minutes.”

“Thirty, I gotta shower.”

“Yeah, no one wants you there like that.”

“Speak for yourself.”

Laughter, louder now.

Beau moved slower through it.

Not dragging.

Just not rushing.

He grabbed his towel, stepping toward the showers as the room picked up behind him.

The heat hit him immediately.

Water ran in steady streams, steam already thick in the air. The sound filled the space, heavy and constant, drowning out most of the noise from the locker room beyond.

He stepped under one of the sprays and let it take him.

For a moment, he didn’t move.

Just stood there, head lowered slightly until the curve of his horns pressed lightly against the tile in front of him. The contact grounded him, a steady point of pressure that let him lean forward just enough to feel it.

His hands came up after a second, bracing against the wall.

The water was hot.

It soaked into his fur quickly, darkening it, smoothing it down along the lines of his body until everything looked heavier, more defined. It ran over his shoulders, down the broad span of his back, following the natural paths of muscle and movement.

The game still sat in him.

Not in his body.

Somewhere deeper.

He exhaled slowly, letting the heat sink in, trying to loosen something that didn’t quite give.

It wasn’t a bad game.

He knew that.

It wasn’t on him.

He knew that too.

That didn’t stop the thought from circling anyway.

Should’ve held longer. Should’ve pushed harder. Should’ve made more space.

His grip tightened slightly against the wall before easing again.

The water kept moving.

He reached for the soap after a moment, working it into his hands before dragging it across his shoulders. Slow. Deliberate.

His hands moved over himself with a kind of quiet focus, following familiar paths. Over his arms, down the thick line of muscle there, pressing just enough to feel it respond under his touch.

Across his chest, slower.

The lather built easily, sliding along him, catching in the natural contours of his body before slipping downward in thin, steady trails.

He shifted slightly under the spray, letting the water rinse and then starting again, methodical without rushing.

It gave him something to focus on.

Something simple.

Something he didn’t have to think about.

His hands moved lower, careful, thorough, the same attention given to every part of him. Not hurried. Not distracted. Just... present.

The heat, the pressure, the steady movement of water and hands.

It pulled him out of his head for a second.

Not fully.

But enough.

He reached up next, fingers sliding through his hair as he rinsed it, then again with more intention. The white strands darkened under the water, falling forward over his face, clinging lightly before he pushed them back.

He worked the shampoo in slowly, fingertips pressing into his scalp, dragging through the length of it, feeling it slip between his fingers before rinsing it clean.

Then conditioner.

He took his time with that too.

Letting it sit. Running his hands through it again, slower, more absent-minded now, his breathing evening out as the tension softened just a little.

The locker room beyond had gone quieter.

Voices fading.

Doors opening and closing.

People leaving.

He stayed.

Just a little longer.

Letting the water run.

Letting everything settle into something quieter, even if it wasn’t gone.

“Yo, Guard. Don’t drown in there!” someone called out.

He gave an acknowledging grunt that was received with a chuckle, then a door closed, and everything was silent around the steaming spray of the shower that washed over the bull’s massive form.

He gave another soft snort, blowing some water off his nose, and simply stood there for a moment, ears flicked back, listening.

He needed to distract himself. To fight that gut-deep feeling of failure.

So, he let out another sigh, and ran his hands over his body again, focusing on how they felt as they moved over his slick, wet fur, rising and dipping over and along his muscles which were softer now than they had been when he’d first entered.

Slowly they moved down, cupping at his heavy sheath and lower along his even heavier balls. The sensation earned a pleased grunt.

A thick finger teased and swirled at the opening of his sheath while his other hand gave it a firm squeeze. He could feel himself hardening in the velvety skin and sighed in pleasure.

It didn’t take long for his cock to slowly push up, the pink head peeking out almost shyly before the rest of his pink and purple-grey mottled shaft followed. He was large, as one might expect. But he was used to it, of course.

So, he simply moved one hand up and down, the other reaching for the conditioner to add a bit of slickness to his still-growing cock.

Slowly he stroked himself, distraction through pleasure. It wasn’t always the way he handled such emotions, but tonight? Well... fuck it... tonight it felt right.

So he continued, stroking and squeezing himself, thumb playing over his thick, blunt head or around the flared crown, smearing his precum over himself to add to the slickness of the conditioner.

Yeah... that was it... this felt good...

And before he could even realize he had stopped thinking of the loss, he was instead focused only on the physical sensation of his hand stroking himself from base to tip and back down again in long, languid movements that had him huffing with pleasure.