thinking about poor puppy dennis who yearned for a safe and warm crate when he was homeless, needed a place to settle down cozily so much, but the best he could do was huddling himself under the old hospital bed with his one blanket and pillow, trying to pretend everything was okay. trying to pretend that he had an owner who loved him who was coming to find him..
when robby climbs to the eighth floor and discovers him, all he can see in the room is a pair of terrified blue eyes, cowering in a pitiful, sparse nest that barely seemed better than lying on the cold floor. from the position dennis is in, how he trembles, and the scared whimpers coming from his mouth... robby knows he's found a poor puppy in need of a home.
robby vows that his puppy, who withstood the unheated and dingy eighth floor for several months and almost starved, will be the most spoiled and pampered and loved of them all. a few months down the line, dennis now collared and owned and spoken for, the pup's life is very different.
he no longer has to bundle up in every clothing item he owns to keep warm, because robby's house is heated well. so well, in fact, that dennis likes to relax in his crate (because he had his very own *real* crate now) stark naked and drowsy. his one blanket had been replaced by five, and his singular pillow replaced by mounds of stuffed animals and soft things. they feel good against his bare skin.
he doesn't even have to leave his crate to eat if he doesn't want to- his owner will bring him snacks and milk and will hand feed him, dennis only having to open and close his mouth from where he lounged, protected by the metal bars from the harsh world outside. robby liked to feed him until he was nice and full, giving his puppy pleasing belly rubs from where he sat at the crate door, cooing as he feels dennis's tummy round out as he eats. the puppy would often drift off to sleep from these soothing gesturs.
puppy denny is never cold, or hungry, or scared again. not when his robby has given him his crate nest, and his bed nest, and free reign to snuggle and curl up wherever he desired. he was always fed long before his stomach could ever grumble in emptiness.
the collar on his neck, and how his owner always stayed close and possessive, told him the sad, cold days of floor number eight were well and truly over. still a puppy, but certainly not poor anymore- not when robby was there.



















