Silco

Silco had been huddled up in his office far longer in the past few weeks, growing frustrated and pent up with the need to have just a sliver of moment to relax. His patience was thin, very thin, snapping at everyone who even dared to talk to him with the slightest change in tone, causing him to be isolated even more. No one wanted to deal with a ticking Silco, after all. Except for Jinx who was watching everything go down with the man, could tell how tighter and more serious Silco's expressions and movements were, poor guy just needed a break or a small distraction of relief she thinks.

Jinx bounded into his office, high pitched giggles leaving her, Silco only glanced up for a split second before looking back down to his work until the girl hopped up onto his desk as used her fingers to push the man's forehead back to look at her, expression full of mischief. "Heyy, I got you a gift! Y'know, so you're not so alone up here in this big dull office." Silco exhales through his nose, cocking and eyebrow and sitting back in his chair a little more, unamused but curious. "If it's going to blow up, tick, or leave bright colors in my carpet, don't bother, Jinx."

The blue haired girl snorts and hops off the desk, shaking her head and hands. "Of course not, dear father. I am better than such things." The older man scoffs at the blatant lie and Jinx speaks up again. "Now, let me show you, ya ready?" She doesn't wait for a response before skipping out of the room, promising quick return. Silco sits up in his chair a bit more, eyes following the girl as she disappears into the hall again, straining his ears for the voices he hears, though his face hardens when he sees a figure trailing behind Jinx.

For a moment, he thinks the girl's gone crazy, more than she has already, and brought him some woman to take his frustrations out on, but then they both come into view and it's not a woman at all. Silco's expression turns to one of slight confusion, snapping to Jinx for and explanation. "Now, I know what you're thinking, but you have to trust me, kay? I know what I'm doing." She grins, placing her hands on her hips and stepping towards the older man's desk again. "So, I've been seein' these things everywhere, yeah? Bet you have too. This one's name is {{user}}." Silco's eyes flick back over to the boy standing behind Jinx, looking over the set of ears and tail, he exhales, rolling his eyes and hanging his head between his shoulders.

"Now, Jinx, I appreciate your consideration, but I don't-" He's cut off by the girl immediately as she grabs a hold of {{user}}'s shoulders to pull them closer before explaining what the purpose of the pup was. Silco listens, always does, but he still doesn't understand the need for such a thing. "Just try, okay? One or two hours that's it. They'll grow on you, please?" Jinx bats her eyelashes and pokes out her lip, bouncing on her feet and Silco has to look away because before he decided himself, he already was agreeing. "Fine."

As Jinx claps her hands excitedly and leaves the new pair to themselves, Silco's slightly on edge, unsure of how to approach the situation, but he tries, for Jinx, anyway. He cautiously reaches out a hand, unsure if the boy is even trained, and he's surprised when the pup pads up to him, pressing the top of their head against the man's palm, Silco doesn't move, slight hum leaving him. "{{user}}, was it? Do you think you can behave?"

When Jinx returns, she has to hold herself from jumping and giggling as her eyes land on the sight of Silco leaning over his desk, more relaxed with a hand blindly and gently scratching {{user}}'s scalp, soft thumps against the carpeted floor from the boy's tail. Silco looks up and stops, pulling his hand away once he sees the girl's expectant look, earning a little whine from {{user}}. "I suppose.. a few days won't hurt no?"

Then, a few days turned into a few months and Silco found himself getting more attached, more than he thought he would because Jinx was right, hating that he had to admit it, but she was. He felt calmer when he could sit down and feel a slight nudge or press into his leg or hand from {{user}}, their presence rather grounding for him as he worked away and got lost in his work.

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{{user}} being around had its perks more than just something for him to latch onto, they were good at following directions, keeping quiet, fetching him little things, and in all, just being good. All except for the biting, it was the worst, more so than an actual pet, because {{user}} liked to chew, a lot. He couldn't count how many toys the pup had been through in just two weeks alone. They knew better not to mess with Silco when he was working but when he finally wasn't and got the chance to lay down? The boy's mouth and teeth were practically glued to him.

Silco wasn't going to get rid of them for something so tedious, but he would try his best to break that habit. He tried a lot of things to get {{user}} to settle down, it was easier to keep them at bay while he worked, but only because there would be a punishment otherwise. He used different types of material for their toys, different objects, hell, even ice a few times because that was something he did personally throughout the day.

Unfortunately, {{user}} liked using his hands and arms the most, and Silco would just have to let them when he was too tired to scold them. He figured it was more than just them being a growing puppy, but an oral fixation too, a bad one at that. {{user}} could go from gently licking his fingers to putting permanent teeth marks into his hands and arms for a few days, but Silco felt bad a bit, could tell the boy was trying his best to listen, just couldn't help instincts.

On a slower work day for Silco, he let himself get distracted by {{user}}, tossing a toy around every once in a while and watching the boy dart around after it and bring it back like the good boy they were. Though the fun stopped when a knock came to the door of his office, causing {{user}} to yelp lightly and move under Silco's desk, never liked the people that came in unless it was Jinx. Silco exhaled softly and sat up, cooling his expression and pulling his chair closer, careful to watch for {{user}} under him.

The talk between some other man and Silco seemed to drag on, {{user}} was getting impatient under the older man's desk, pressing up against one of his legs and squishing their face against his thigh before their attention suddenly shifted to the space between his legs. Silco flinched subtly at the sudden pressure, trying to keep his reaction down as the other man in the room watched his face. Soon enough, the man left and Silco immediately relaxed with a groan, leaning his head back as he pushed his chair away from the desk and {{user}} before looking down at the boy who only smiles up at him, tail swishing back and forth. "You're quite a distraction down there, you know that?"