Modern Monsters

Bruno the Orc

Female Reader x Male Monster

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For the last few days it's been raining. But it isn't even a very good rain, it's been drizzling on and off just to make you think it's going to rain. All it does is pitter patter and make things wet. You want a real rain though, a gull washer, a thunderstorm, something that feels worthy of staying indoors and reading all day. But this? No. This doesn't even feel worthy of ignoring your laundry.

The building you're living in has a courtyard area that opens in the center, with a communal garden and seating with picnic tables. The first floor is covered by the walkway of the second floor, and then stairs lead down right to the laundry room door.

The laundry basket you clutch in your arms is almost overflowing. It looks like an ice cream cone made of dirty sheets and towels. You take cautious steps going down the stairs, barely able to see above or below you. You hit the bottom with a sigh of relief and then a dog barks.

You lurch and turn, looking at a pretty golden lab which is smiling very big. You've seen this dog around before, the owner must be nearby.

"Hello there," you say and walk around it.

The lab follows you.

"No, no. Shoo. Shoo!" You try to wave your hand at it but you have to take hold of your laundry basket again.

The lab barks and wags its tail.

"I don't know what you're saying, but you sound nice so thank you." You walk into the laundry room and the dog still follows you. You set your laundry basket down and the dog continues to smile and wag its tail.

"I don't have anything," you tell the dog. "Go on. Get."

The dog sits.

"Get," you say slowly. "Not sit."

Outside you hear whistling, as if someone is calling for the dog. You point towards the door, but the dog just looks at you.

"Go on, your master is calling you."

"Goli, here boy," someone calls between whistles.

You look at the lab and tilt your head towards it. "Are you Goli?"

The dog jumps up and barks in triumph.

"Oh find your owner Goli!" You try to sound excited.

Goli starts barking and another lab runs into the laundry room with it. The two start playing and fussing then gather around your legs, going around in circles and between them.

"There you are!" A relieved voice sighs. A man walks into the laundry room. "Oh-" He cups his big hand around his mouth when he sees them. "Did you..." He's trying to keep from snickering. "Did you make a friend?"

The second lab trotted right back to him, but Goli remained standing between your legs, grinning and wagging his tail.

"Goli, don't be like that." The orc stepped forward. He was quite tall in size and had pale blue-green skin with darker freckles all over. "Sorry about him. He's kind of a flirt around women." He knelt down, trying to coax Goli to him.

You had seen this orc around the building. He did work in the communal garden a lot as well as walking his dogs around the block. He was tall and big, with a soft, round belly and thick limbs.

"I wasn't sure what he was after," you answer. "He just started following me."

The orc chuckled. "Then he must like you. Come on now boy, you're embarrassing me here."