My Dog Is Named Scruffy

by Lamia of the Dark

Franziska gives Gumshoe a collar and makes him her pet dog. Love triangle with Edgeworth in later chs. This is an edited and expanded version of the Little Present chapters that were posted in my Million Little Things drabble collection.

10. The Dog Gets Catty With His Rival

-- My Dog Is Named Scruffy --

- The Dog Gets Catty With His Rival -

"I didn't know you played tennis, detective," Edgeworth commented, eyeing the battered tennis racket lying next to Gumshoe's desk.

"I don't," the detective replied, not looking up from his work.

"Then why the tennis racket?"

"That's just so people don't think it's weird that I'm carrying this around," the detective replied, producing a tennis ball from one of the pockets of his trenchcoat.

"Why are you carrying that around?" Edgeworth asked, suddenly suspicious.

"I'll give you three guesses and the first two don't count," the detective replied in a rather rude tone, and began to casually bounce the tennis ball against his desk.

Edgeworth was shocked. The detective had never been so flagrantly disrespectful towards him. Then again, Edgeworth had never stolen the detective's girlfriend before…

And then it hit him like the proverbial ton of bricks. Gumshoe had the tennis ball because he was still playing some weird dog-themed game with Franziska. Well, that was fine with Edgeworth. And if the detective wanted to turn this into a war, that was fine, too.

But I'll be damned if he thinks I'm going to lose to the likes of him!

-tbc-

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