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*Author note: One of the things I love best about writing is taking things that are conventional to a genre and then turning it upside down. Hucows are supposed to be constantly willing, but there's not a lot of talk about their lives outside of breeding and I wanted to flesh that part out a bit. What about hucows outside of breeding age? Could a hucow be dominant? Does it need to be so heteronormative because of the breeding? What does inclusivity look like here?
I'll write more about if there's interest shown through ratings, comments and follows! xo
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"All right," I glanced down at the paper work to remind myself what his name is. "Aiden. All your papers are in order and you are ready to get started! Do you have any questions for me?" I arrange my face to be pleasant while covertly glancing at my Apple Watch. 7,000 steps, not too shabby, I thought, pleased with myself. I'd hit 10,000 easy before I went home.
I still had two more new bulls to orient before I could head home to my cozy little cottage, kick off my heels, put on my most comfortable pjs and settle in to write for a bit and then sneak in some Great British Baking Show with my new favorite ice cream from Blossom, if I hit word count.
He stared at me for a moment, heat creeping up his cheeks while I tried not to roll my eyes. God, new bulls were always so obvious. Even the dumbest, newest breeding hucow could see that he was into me. New bulls always were, for some reason. His newly enlarged penis erected a whole palace under his kilt in my honor, forget a tent. I expertly ran through the list of names I always had at the ready to decide who I would pair him with. Occasionally, of course, there was an objection on one side or the other. That was to be expected. I'm a hucow, not a goddess. *Obviously* it was in everyone's best interests for the pair to be a good working pair. Mind you, it usually evolved (devolved?) into a romantic relationship as well, because I am very good at my job. Polyamorous usually. Hucows and hubulls rarely could manage monogamy, myself included. Who wanted that in this modern world? Certainly, not me.
The silence stretched on as he tried to keep his focus on my face. Gracie? No. She was still dickstruck over Ethan. Not to mention cuntstruck over Claire. I put a pin in them mentally. Would they become a throuple? Maybe. I wasn't ready to put money on it with my bestie, Zoe. Not yet. But maybe.
Could he be a match of one of our homegrown hucows? I was homegrown myself. Not for breeding specifically, of course I did way too well in my private school to be given such a low ball offer. That was mostly for new hucows or well, not every homegrown hucow and hubull was up for the task of higher learning. They wanted to have babies and be milked (one way or another!) and lie in the grass, watching clouds, making social media content or talking about human reality television. At least while they were still viablely breedable. Eventually, they'd help with the baby hucattle or pick up a farm based trade. Sometimes I envied them still, much like anyone would envy anyone taking an unchosen path to become a trophy wife or mother of six or a politician. It just seemed so...simple and easy.
But I am not a simple hucow, my mothers would crisply remind me on our FaceTime calls together. You were never raised to be a simple hucow, we wanted more for you.
They were never breeders either, though now retired, they mostly seemed interested in coming up with new ice cream flavors, going to pilates and playing mahjong with the other retired hucows. They were never terribly interested in hubulls when they were younger, let alone now. Though there will occasionally be some mixed pickle ball games with retired hubulls. And trivia nights. Non-binary and trans hucattle didn't really start happening until my generation, but there's plenty of room at the farm for everyone, they'd say comfortably, talking over each other on our calls.
MamaMolly always chimed in that I knew the community too well to turn my brain off with MamaLucy reminding me that I never had the desire to leave the dairy, like some of the younger hucattle do. My moms both encouraged me to explore the human world more but why would I? Nothing made sense there, that's why all of these humans were so eager to join the programs in our local farms. All farms are different from each other of course, but the basics are always the same. Our governing body always agreed there. Excellent childcare, amazing educational opportunities, delicious food, the best healthcare, an assortment of interesting ob opportunities, lovely housing and without all the hang ups that the human world seems so focused on. We understand civil rights, unlike a lot of the humans.
"Are you...do you...?" he started to ask shyly.
I sighed noisily. It's always the same thing with new hubulls. "Yes, I am a hucow. I was raised at the prestigious Milk Meadows and then I was asked to come here to Creamy Acres to help start this," I sighed again. Hucattle can never resist awful puns. "Moo-chelin star boutique dairy."
"May I call you Bes-"
"You may call me Dr. Swift," I said, more sharply than I intended. His handsome face looked stricken. I swear to god, these new bulls will be the death of me. I made my face soften slightly. "Or Dr. Elizabeth," I said grudgingly. His face immediately lit up. Ugh.
"Dr. Elizabeth, ma'am?"
I knew what he was gathering his courage for. How? Because they alllllll do. I wasn't worried of course. Hubulls go through vigorous testing for their mental health and agree to all of our consent policies. Failure to do so would find him tossed out on his ass back into the human world, missing quite a few inches. Thankfully, that hasn't happened since my grandmother's generation. The benefits to behaving are just too good not to. Usually, I have a canned speech for this. Yes, I know my skin is amazing. It comes from being home grown. But I am over forty, new bull [insert name here]. Not much, it's true, but I am. Which obviously does not make me breedable presently. Thank you for your for your consideration and not staring down my top this entire time and having the decency to look chastened about your new epic level hard on. Good bye!
But something about him made me pause. I don't know if he just smelled especially good and wholesome, like freshly mown wheat and sunshine (neither of which I've had much time to enjoy lately), I don't know if it's because he was in the peak of his fertility making him more than a decade younger than me and his youth was just so shiny and dewy and his back muscles rippled in the glow of the sunlight or what it was. I had seen six other bulls just like him already today. All of them smelled of youth and beauty with becoming back muscles. He had just a faint sheen of sweat on him. Maybe because he called me ma'am so earnestly? But I knew what it was. His light hazel green eyes and his midnight black hair. I've always been particularly thirsty for bulls with those characteristics. A bull who could take orders with a smile and still contain himself. Most bulls have trouble taking orders. It's not their fault, they have been made for virility more than sweetness or cleverness. Two other things I was powerfully weak for, since it was so rare in bulls.
I looked at him for a long moment. His eyes shone with hopefulness.
"Sit," I said firmly, pointing to the large velvet footstool. This would be the first test. He immediately dropped down onto the stool. He clasped his hands behind his back and looked down at the floor demurely.
Oh my. I haven't seen a bull do that since...well. Since Ezra.