Short Hand: Staying over at Rarity's · 1:27am Oct 3rd, 2021
After two straight days of his hostess pulling all nighters and exhausting herself, Shepherd finally has enough. He picks Rarity up and carries her to bed, even as she caterwauls and screams about it
Rarity: "Shepherd?! What do you think you're doing?! Put me down this instant!"
Shepherd: "You've been up for two whole days! Sleep time now!"
Rarity: "I have a deadline to meet-!"
Shepherd: "Meet it tomorrow! After sleep and food! In that order!"
He kicks open the door to her bedroom, and puts her onto her bed. Rarity fumes at him.
Rarity: "Oooh! I'll just escape when you sleep!"
Shepherd: "Fine. I'll sleep with you then."
Rarity: Blush "AH?! You wouldn't-You can't-I'm a lady-!"
Shepherd: Disrobes to his shirt and boxers, hugs her tightly, and holds her to the bed with him
Shepherd: "I am."
Rarity: "Brute! Cad! I'll throw you out for this!"
She struggles, but she's far too exhausted to put up any kind of a fight.
Shepherd: "I'll make breakfast for you in the morning before you throw me out. Now: Sleep."
Rarity: Huffs
The next morning... Shepherd is up and making breakfast. A contrite Rarity trots into the kitchen.
Rarity: "Ah... Shepherd... About last night-"
Shepherd: "No, no, it's all right. I mean, I went overboard. Too far. I'm sorry about that-"
Rarity: "No no no! I mean, when I'm in that state, I'm never... I don't do reason well." sighs "You're right. This isn't the first time I've worked myself to exhaustion."
Shepherd: "I know how important your work is. Really, I do. But you shouldn't sacrifice your health for it. I mean, you opened your home to me. I should make sure you're okay, right?"
Rarity: smiles "Thank you. For being a brutish thug. I did sleep very well."
Shepherd: smiles back "It's one of my specialties, apparently. And you're welcome."
Hondo Flanks and Cookie Crumbles trot in happily.
Hondo: "Rarity! Good morning! And uh, good morning to... Whoever this is?"
Shepherd: "Er, Andrew Shepherd. I'm a human."
Cookie: "A male human?"
Shepherd: "Yeeeah?"
Cookie: gasp "How wonderful! Rarity, he's making you breakfast? Oh, what a catch!"
Rarity: "Ah, no, you misunderstand Mother-!"
Hondo: "Hrm. Well, at least he isn't a giraffe. You'd better take good care of our daughter, Shepherd!"
Cookie: "And give us plenty of grandfoals to spoil!"
Rarity: "HE IS NOT MY COLTFRIEND! AND HOW DID YOU GET INTO MY HOUSE?!"
Hondo: "Heheh! You can't change your locks fast enough, sweetie!"
Cookie: "Not for us anyway!"
Shepherd: ... Just don't say anything, Shepherd. You'll only make it worse.
I'm imagining him carrying her like a sack of potatoes and this brings me no small amount of amusement.
He's learning!
Rarity is sooo cute when she uses those antiquated insults!
Most ponies assume they're living off of Hondo's salary as a pro hoofball player. The truth is a lot less... legal.
he can never tell Spike of the night
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Awwwww. C'mon Shepard! you need to give Cookie plenty of Grandfoals!!! Don't mind Rarity as she said she doesn't reason when acting crazy.
That may be the single smartest thing you've done to date.
Is Hondo racist against giraffes?
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Filthy stinking giraffes ruin everything!