Sanders Sides One Shots

Can we keep it? - Logicality

Patton really wants a cute puppy, Logan is reluctant but caves anyway to see Patton happy.

For the prompt: "I know you haven't had the best experience with dogs in the past but look at its face please please can we keep it?"

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Patton was looking up at him from the floor, eyed wide in an attempt at pleading with his best puppy dog eyes, which he knows Logan can't resist but this time Logan is determined to resist them. "No." Again, he says it again, for what must be the sixth time. And Patton's face breaks that little bit more and he hugs the small puppy to his chest, looking down at it as if it's the most important thing in Patton's life. And, no, Logan isn't jealous of a dog, well, maybe a little, a lot.

"I know you haven't had the best experience with dogs in the past but look at its face please please can we keep it?" Patton pleads, holding the puppy up carefully for Logan to look at it again. Logan goes to say no again but Patton pouts, sets the little dog down and stands up. "I'm not replacing you with a dog, Lo." Logan flushes at the accusation knowing Patton's partially right. "And this one, they're a good boy, they won't eat your work up or the sofa or pee everywhere like that last..." Patton attempts to count them in his head.

"Five," Logan finishes, five dogs they've had and they'd all been nightmares, Patton insisted they get them from shelters and Logan foolishly agreed to all five of them. Logan knew theoretically that they were just being dogs, they couldn't be as calm as humans and they couldn't help ruining things and peeing everywhere but it bothered Logan. So, he put his foot down, no more dogs.

But Patton's still looking at him expectantly with those beautiful wide eyes full of hope and joy, the smile on his face small but so full of love. And Logan doesn't have the heart to tell him no. He's not too fond of the puppy but it's not the biggest or most hyperactive one they've had, maybe he can grow to love them the way he did Patton.

"Okay, fine," he agrees, rolling his eyes slightly to emphasise his reluctance but Patton's hugging him quick and uttering quickly about how happy he is and how good the dog is going to be. Patton pulls away and kisses him quickly on the mouth, then his nose and cheeks, and Logan can't help himself from smiling fondly at Patton as he picks up the dog and coos at it. He hopes and prays to any and all gods that this dog won't be a repeat of the last five but in that moment with Patton happy he doesn't particularly care.