Title: Love Triangle
Theme: Complication
Pairing: None
Rating: K
69. Complication
Maddie the cat did not appreciate Heiress the cat, which created certain problems in the Master household. Although he had grown quite attached to Maddie – the cat, that is, as he was more than attached to the woman – Heiress's ability to spot a ghost was one he was sure would prove infinitely useful. He couldn't give up either of them.
So, with a few weeks of a special pet expert floating about the house and telling him all about cat hierarchy, he tried to get through the problem. By the end of the session, he could barely look at the animals that roamed his house without seeing that playful pouncing as practice for the bloody slaughter of woodland creatures or a defense mechanism to wound the other cat bad enough to make it leave.
Then, one day, to his horror Heiress swatted Maddie off the bed and proceeded to take her place at Vlad's feet, despite being a much older cat. She flicked her tail at him, meowing proudly from the foot of the bed, and he came to the startling realization that his cats were jealous.
This was certainly not the love triangle he had hoped for.