This is a short work of erotic fiction containing furry, or anthropomorphic, characters, which are animals that either demonstrate human intelligence or walk on two legs, for the purposes of these tales. It is a thriving and growing fandom in which creators are prevalent in art and writing especially.
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The Twelve Kinks of Christmas
Collaring
"Haku?"
Tia woke with a start, bundled up in the cocoon of her friend's bed with warmth finally seeping into her toes. She sighed, curling and uncurling them as her eyes adjusted to the darkness, light seeping in between the crack in the curtains, seeing the outline of a bedroom that she had become familiar with over the course of recent months. She rolled over onto her side, the leopard's glowing brown coat, struck through with the traditional cloud-like spots that gave her species its name.
Something very much alive brushed her thigh and she started away from the contact, a soft mewl escaping her lips. Was she not alone? Confusion clouded her mind. She'd thought she'd stumbled into the spare bedroom, but she had been that tired and so, so cold...
She giggled, pressing her fingers to her lips. Had she made a mistake? How Haku would laugh at her! But who was there with her - in bed?
Wait. The clouded leopard blushed, sitting up straight. Hesitantly, she slipped a paw between her thighs and dipped two fingers into the wetness there. How had that happened? Her blush intensified, pricking warmly at the insides of her ears. What on earth had she been dreaming about?
Fur rustled musically over the bed sheets and she shifted away, her sharp, blue eyes wary in the gloom. A long, blocky muzzle entered her vision, a pair of eyes meeting hers and sliding away just as swiftly. Tia exhaled slowly. She should have known.
"Haku?"
Her voice came out more breathily this time, reaching for her friend as the wolf pushed his muzzle into the crook of her neck, breath warm against her fur. His lips did not move in speech, however, and she gave a small snort - pruten - as he slid his damp nose down her shoulder, tickling skin through fur as he explored her body.
She shook her head, shivering away from the ticklish sensation. What did he think he was up to? Her tail flicked, curling companionably against his. Was he trying to get her back up to keep him company? The leopard frowned. Couldn't they talk in the morning?
"Haku, I'm tired," she whined, nevertheless allowing the wolf to roll her onto her stomach, hardly caring that she was naked - it wasn't as if it was anything he hadn't seen before. "It's been such a long train ride, can't I sleep? What are you doing?"
The wolf nipped at the back of her neck and she froze, tail flicking beneath the sheets. This wasn't like her friend. It was like... Her breath quickened, bosom pushing against the mattress as she breathed. Eyes wide and staring, she sucked in a sharp breath as a slip of leather encircled her neck, buckling at the back. She reflexively reached up to touch it, fingers shaking, and mewled softly.
A collar. He had given her a collar.
Her heart swelled and she whipped her head around to look at him, blinking at his brown muzzle through the cover of darkness. The wolf, also bare but for the brown fur covering his body, creamier around his muzzle and down his front, knelt comfortably, tail wagging to and fro at his back. Tenderly, he tucked a wayward strand of her light, near strawberry blonde, hair behind a pointed ear and she leaned, purring, into his touch with only one word left on her lips.
"Haku?"
He arched over her back by way of answer, warming her with his own body as he covered her. Haku's fingers curled around the collar and she melted into the bed, ready then and there to do anything he wanted, anything at all. Her heart beat quicker - she'd wanted it for so long! The wolf that never failed to make her laugh in her bed and holding her collar!
He shifted over her and she gasped quietly, feeling something harder than fur and muscle press against her buttocks, digging in lightly to the soft, feminine round of flesh. Nuzzling up to her ear, he turned her muzzle to his.
"I know you wanted me. Want me," he corrected himself, eyes dancing as he pressed his muzzle up to hers, tongue flicking out to tease over her lips, a brief kiss that left her gasping for me. "You only didn't ask me first."
Tia giggled and ducked her head shyly.
"Neither did you..."