Thunderstorms
Just a short little fluff about Queen Regina with an adorable puppy Ruby.
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Regina placed the latest document detailing the year's food stores onto a small pile of identical documents and finally let her solders relax. Being Queen required a lot of time sitting at her desk rather than her throne Regina thought, frustrated.
Leaning back in her chair she hardly noticed as it started raining, until it quickly turned into a downpour. Taking a sip out of a goblet of wine Regina flitted her eyes across the next batch of paperwork.
A whimper echoes across the room as lighting lit up the sky, shortly followed by the crash of thunder. Regina turned as she heard the clattering of paw prints across the floor.
Regina looked down into a pair of glittering brown eyes attached to a terrified wolf puppy. As the sky flashed and rumbled the puppy jumped and laid down tucking its head in between its paws and whimpering.
A stab of pity went through her chest at the young wolf and with a brief thought for her work Regina found herself gently picking up the pup and placing her on the desk.
The pup, Ruby she reminded herself, seemed torn as whether to explore her new surroundings or cower in fear. She sniffed curiously at the mixture of parchment and ink on the desk and struggled to gain a foothold on the slippery surface with paws growing faster than the rest of her body. In the end Cowering won out as the next lightning strike drew a yelp from the pup, causing her to slip and press herself against the desk, whimpering and shivering.
Regina carefully picked up the young wolf and absent-mindedly started stroking her behind the ears. Smiling as Ruby welcomed the touch and leaned into her hand, closing her eyes in content. "Well" Regina mused, "you're not the big bad wolf yet".
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