The One With The Dog Mom And The Hot Vet
Summary: AU. Where Cosima is a crazy dog mom and Delphine is a crazy hot french veterinarian.
Disclaimer: Orphan Black is a wonderful show and none of its characters are mine.
Chapter 1: The One Where Cosima Is A Dog Mom
"Who's a good boy? Who s the cutest, cuddliest, goodest, mmmff-!"
Cosima's words of adoration is muffled by her burying her face in Pancho's fluffy and soft fur. She loves her pup so much she could just munch on his snout. The four month old Golden Retriever/Chow-chow mix is wriggling and panting, trying to lick her face. Unfortunately, he is kept firmly in place by his owner's tight hug. Frustrated and unable to get a good lick at his owner's face, he starts barking, kicking and squirming mad.
Cosima lifts her head and laughs.
"Mmhm! The bestest, best boy there is, huh?"
Pancho, seeing his opportunity, immediately seizes it and starts licking the woman's face, making sure to cover every inch of it in slobbery dog love, even the woman's glasses.
"Pancho, stop!"
She giggles and tries to wipe off her pup's drool.
Cosima loves moments like these - free time where she gets to cuddle and play with her pup, instead of having to constantly worry about her research work, deadlines, chores, and grocery shopping.
Well, Cosima definitely needs to worry more about chores and shopping. The woman has been living off of peanut butter, saltine crackers, instant spicy Korean noodles, pizza, and mountain dew. Her only regular healthy food choices were hard-boiled eggs, bananas, oats and the occasional convenience store salad. Her studio-style apartment would have been considered cool and artsy with a few avant-garde paintings on the walls, cozy bean bags and futon-esque, Japanese-style bed, if it wasn't littered with discarded clothing on the floor and food wrappers.
Cosima, however, prides herself in being a responsible dog owner. She is always able to better take care of Pancho than she did herself. She set up a special pen with wide enough space for him to run around in while she is away and clean enough that he wouldn't accidentally eat garbage or anything poisonous. She makes sure Pancho's litter box is always clean and that he had enough water before leaving to attend classes or go to work as a university research assistant to conduct hours-long experiments. Cosima has her two dog-sitters on speed-dial in case she needs them to look after Pancho for emergencies. She also only ever goes grocery shopping when Pancho runs out of dog food or litter box sand.
Yes, Cosima Niehaus is the perfect picture of a PhD student and dog mom combined. She was too lazy to fuss over her hair so she decided to wear it in dread locks at 17 years old (well, she also thinks it's cool), and she would choose takeout over having to cook a meal. But, she would go to and beyond the ends of the earth for her perfect little Pancho.
"Okay, Pancho, today is your lucky daaaay..."
Cosima sets the whizzing ball of energy down and gets up from the bean bag they were lazing down on. Her beloved fur baby jumps up and down the moment he's on the ground and wags his tail. His owner smiles at him, pushes her glasses up the bridge of her nose, turns around, and walks to the door. Pancho follows close behind. Cosima reaches out to one of the hooks attached to the door and takes Pancho s leash.
"Because today is one of those rare days where I get to take you out for a walk!"
As if a switch is activated inside Pancho's mind, he starts running around Cosima's legs in excitement, knowing exactly what the leash meant: outside adventures with his favorite human!
Cosima pops in her earbuds with one hand and holds firmly on Pancho's leash with the other. The fluffy energy monster excitedly tugs at her and tries to pull them towards the direction of the nearby dog park. Cosima laughs and the opening beats of Water Park Remix ripples through her body and she instinctively moves her shoulders and hips to the rhythm. The tugging on the leash grows stronger and the sound of Pancho barking filters through the music.
"Alright, baby boy! We re going! We re going!"
They both head on towards the dog park.
Author s Note: Will add more chapters. For now, I m just trying to paint a complete picture of the universe. Chapter 2 is almost done. :)
Pancho is inspired from real-life Pancho, my friend's golden retriever/chow-chow mix.