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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Happy birthday!
"Where are you taking me?"
The dappled grey stallion snorted and swept his mane to the other side of his neck with a practiced flip of his paw. Dressed in jeans and a plain white t-shirt, he had grabbed the first items of clothing that had leapt out at him from his overstuffed wardrobe that morning as his mare dragged him out the door of their flat, a wicked gleam in her eye. The gleam in itself was not unusual as she was often up to no good - it was only the manner of 'no good' that perked his interest on this particular Saturday afternoon as they made their way through the city. The city was a short drive from their flat in a semi-rural location - a commuter's town really - and a place they rarely visited, which could only imply cause for a special occasion.
Rubbing his throat, Madoc broke into a light trot to keep up with Amethyst, rainwater glittering on the street before him. His black hooves shone in the afternoon sunlight as he clip-clopped forth in the traditional equine fashion of going without any kind of shoes or boots. For those with hooves, they were mainly a fashion statement in everyday life and superfluous to most work and life. And who would waste money when they could show off a little more anyway? He rather liked his hooves, though would not admit it openly. Too gay.
His mate, the chestnut mare, walked ahead of him down the main street, a brown bag patterned with feral equine silhouettes slung casually over her shoulder as she strode forward with utmost confidence in where she was going. High street shops flanked her left and right as she walked briskly down a street designed for pedestrians only, flagstones perfectly smooth beneath her also bare hooves. She boasted no markings except the white diamond, an equine star marking, between her eyes, though it was often covered by her long forelock. Amethyst huffed up at it, unaware of Madoc's smile as he caught the motion. She was always forgetting to go get it trimmed.
In response to his question, near enough forgotten in the span of time it took for her to pay him mind, she glanced back over her shoulder, a gust of wind catching her red forelock and blowing it into her eyes. She was too focused upon her path to sweep it aside.
"Ah, now I can't tell you that." Amethyst smirked, swatting the colt's hip with a well aimed flick of her tail as he caught up to her. "That would ruin the surprise. And you wouldn't want me to spoil the surprise now, would you, sweetheart?"
"Come on," he pestered, nostrils flaring as he slunk an arm slyly around her waist, slowly as if she would not notice if he was patient enough. "It can't be that much of a secret, surely? What's going on?"
He blinked innocently and, glancing sideways at him, Amethyst's heart skipped a beat, that funny little jump that his blue eyes never failed to stir in her chest. Licking her dry lips, at risk of chapping in the February cold, she bought herself time and tucked a stray strand of hair behind a twitching ear.
"A secret's a secret," she countered after a moment. "It wouldn't be a surprise now, if I told you, would it?"
Madoc grumbled and flicked his tail, crossing his arms over his chest as Amethyst's pace quickened. He very nearly had to trot to keep up with her long, swift stride. The grey stallion squeezed his forearms closer around his torso against the nippy chill in the air. If the stormy clouds roiling above were anything to go by, they would be seeing snow again before the day was out. He hoped it wouldn't cause any trouble getting into work when Monday once again rolled around.
"Maybe one clue."
He pricked his ears, leaning in closer to the mare expectantly. A clue? What could it be? He nibbled Amethyst's ear and she tugged her head away with a giggle, shoving his shoulder with enough force to make him stumble a step sideways.
"I have someone who is very interested in meeting you," Amethyst revealed, dropping him a look out of the corner of her eye that told almost more than her words alone. "They...have an interest in stallions of your kind."
Well, that gave absolutely fuck all away. Madoc suppressed the urge to roll his eyes, nostrils flaring ever so slightly. An answer that was not an answer was Amethyst's favourite style.
"Male or female?"
He tried for a little more information but Amethyst shook her head, checking him with her hip.
"Nope, you're not getting it that easily." She grinned and tapped his nose with a forefinger, too light for it to hurt though he still snorted at the digit with the hoof-like tip. "Something about a colt like you has, ah, 'perked their interest', so to speak."
He furrowed his brow and rubbed the front of his muzzle, wracking his mind for what a stranger - to him, at least - could possibly want with him. There was nothing strange about him, nothing at all, not in his mind. Though he was a cross breed... Madoc shook his head, pondering. That couldn't be it, surely not? Cross breeds were not all that unusual, where furries of different species' mated, but there was one other thing...
Dropping into his own mind, Madoc considered what someone could be interested in, fingers wound between those of Amethyst's as she drew him gently along the street.
Built in the body shape and frame of a Warlander, an Andalusian crossed with a Friesian, Madoc's heritage, though not strictly equine, was stark for all to see. It was a strange note for furries of different species to produce offspring that could resemble either one or both of their parents - a wolf siring an otter pup, if his mate was of otter-kind - but even more peculiar that past lines and hidden genes could sometimes produce young that resembled neither of them. In one sense, it highlighted the beauty and diversity of the world, where no one species was more prevalent than other.