Hi everyone! Thank you for being interested in this story! I have had this idea poking the back of my mind for awhile and since I just finished my other BOB fanfic, I figured I had time for another one! So here it is. Hope you love it as much as I do.
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Roe had just finished making his rounds and was just about ready to try and get a few hours of shut eye, but it was too damn cold. He turned over to face the left side of his foxhole and froze. There were two big yellow eyes staring at him. They eyes were framed by fur as white as the falling snow. It had a black nose that was only inches from Roe's face. it didn't look dangerous, but it looked to Roe like a wolf. Roe didn't move. He wasn't about to die in the middle of Bastogne because of a hungry dog.
"Easy," he said quietly backing away from it.
It perked up its large white ears. Roe stopped. The dog laid its ears back and head down submissively. It whined and crawled forward a little.
"You as cold as I am?" he asked it.
The dog whined again and waged the end of its tail, unsure.
"Alright then. Come here," he said.
The dog looked hopeful at the change in Roe's voice.
"Come on,' Roe said again, this time adding a small hand gesture.
The dog lifted its head and its tail thumped the ground. Roe lifted the blanket next to him and patted the ground. This time the dog wasted no time. It jumped to its feet and bounded into the hole and rolled to a stop next to Roe. He dropped the blanket over its white back and the temperature went up at once. The dog seemed to feel better too. It turned and licked Roe's face. It rolled over and looked at Roe with its impossibly cute expression. Roe couldn't stop a smile from crossing his face as he ran his hand over the dog's deep chest. It wriggled happily back and forth kicking its feet up, throwing snow into the air. Roe actually laughed. Finally the white wolf settled down and curled into him and hid its nose in his armpit. Roe couldn't stop the grin that spread across his face. This huge white wolf was curled against his chest like nothing more than a puppy. Roe was more than happy to have this companion for as long as it would stay. Roe had no trouble sleeping that night.
The next morning Roe woke up to a strange warmth on his face. He opened his eyes to find the dog's foot resting lightly on his nose, keeping it warm. He grinned slightly and moved his fingers. They were wrapped in the dog's long, snowy coat. The dog felt him and lifted its head and met his eyes. Its tail began to wag at once. It sat up and licked Roe's face then stood and shook snow from its coat. It bounded from the hole and stood on the edge looking back in on Roe, its tail wagging wildly. Roe grinned and stood, intent on figuring out who this dog belonged to.
"Come here," he said reaching for the dog's neck intending to find a collar.
The dog jumped away, barking and bounding about like a puppy. Roe laughed and waited for the dog to calm down and come running over to him as if to say, 'pay attention to me!' The dog nosed its way under his hand and rubbed its big head on his chest.
"Where did you come from?" Roe asked scratching behind the dog's ears.
It practically climbed into his lap, knocking them both back into the hole. Suddenly the trees above the hole exploded and there was a panicked shout for a medic. Roe jumped from the hole when he remembered his fluffy friend. He turned and just saw the dog disappearing into the trees in the other direction. Roe didn't have time to feel sad his new friend had run away. One of the men needed him, so with one last look where the dog went, he dashed away to help one of the men.
Hope you all liked the beginning. There will be another encounter with the dog and another man. Keep watching!