MOON KNIGHT BLURBS & HEADCANONS

12. COMFORTING YOU AFTER YOU PUT DOWN YOUR DOG (STEVEN+MARC+JAKE) (ft. khonshu)

originally published july 4, 2022

request: So can you do a comfort one with all the boys & Khonshu where the reader has to put down her dog (for convince of the story it will be she got the dog when she was 9) five days before the reader turns 23. The reader went through a ton of Shit with the dog(multiple moves from being in a military family), fake friends, parents missed sweet 16, youngest sister goes through cancer at age 2)so they decide to Cheer up their S/O - arc-0606

pairing: steven grant x fem!reader x marc spector x jake lockley x khonshu

word count: 756

warnings?: a little bit of angst but mostly fluff, discussion of putting down your beloved dog, not proofread

⇨ marc would be the fist one to comfort you out of the moon boys and khonshu. while marc was not the type of man who wears his heart on his sleeve the most, he would make an exception for only you. he would hold you in his arms as you cried, telling you how much your dog loved you.

⇨ he would ask you stories about your dog, listen to you talk about when you first got the dog, how the two of you were best friends. how your dog was one of the only constants in your life, in a life where you were always moving, in a life of backstabbing friends and absentee parents and a sick sibling.

⇨ and when you were crying too hard to tell anymore, marc would tell you stories instead. he would talk about how your dog always cheered him up, always made him feel like a welcomed member of your small family. how sometimes, when you were gone to work and marc was alone with your dog, he would talk to your dog about how much he loved you and how your dog always seemed to know exactly what he was saying, nodding along and barking out agreements when appropriate.

⇨ khonshu was the type of person (god, if we're being accurate) who dealt little with issues of comfort. he was never sure what to do, especially when it came to you. his love language was threats, threats to protect those he cared for.

⇨ for the first day after you had to put your dog down, he had let you be, let the worm comfort you. but eventually his hollow heart began to ache, knowing that he should be doing more for you.

⇨ that first night without your beloved dog, he appeared to you, watching silently as you flipped through a photo album filled with precious memories. finally, he said to you, "i am sorry i could not protect your dog from the illnesses of life."

⇨ you looked at him, offering a small smile. "it's not your fault. there are some things not even a god can help."

⇨ "that does not change that i could not protect you from this pain," he said. "from here on out, i shall include dogs among those my moon knight shall protect. i could not protect yours, but i will honor your dog's memory in all that i do."

⇨ khonshu wasn't the best with comfort, but he made do with what he could. and for that, you were grateful.

⇨ steven was the most familiar with your pain. when he had lost gus the first, he had been heartbroken. he had loved his fish so much, and he had only had gus for a short while. he could only imagine how much pain you were in, having your dog for over a decade.

⇨ like marc, he would hold you, listen to you talk. he would offer kind words, tell you that you were the best mom a dog could ask for. he'd tell you to imagine your dog running through the field of reeds, of living a beautiful afterlife.

⇨ "one day," he'd say, "you will see your dog again. and it will feel like no time has passed. one day, you'll have an eternity of walking your dog, of playing fetch, of being with your best friend again. but until then...your dog will wait eagerly for you and tell anyone who happens upon its way about the amazing human that provided the most wonderful life a dog could ask for."

⇨ jake took you by surprise. when your birthday came a few days later, he woke you up early, taking you to the nearest shelter.

⇨ "nothing can replace the bond you and your dog had," he'd say, "but that doesn't mean it has to be the only bond you have. and while i don't expect you to want to jump in and adopt another dog today, i thought it might be nice to pay with some of the dogs here."

⇨ "this is probably the most thoughtful thing you've ever done," you'd say, kissing him softly.

⇨ and the two of you would spend the entire day playing with the dogs at the shelter, laughing and having fun for the first time since you put your dog down. it didn't completely numb the pain, but it did make you forget for just a little while. and, it planted a seed of an idea of what it might be like to co-parent a dog with your lovely boyfriends.