#stacey.

STACEY: hello from your favorite evans (it’s cool, i won’t tell stevie).

red meat swells and drains around the jagged intrusion of his teeth:  bite of a crocodilian, some ancient, unbridled power in those jaws.  doesn’t stop him from retreating further into the nearest shadow when it approaches  --  dragging the dog’s carcass with him like a leopard with mange.

LOCATION: Stacey & Sam’s apartment.

TAGGING: Stacey Evans & Stevie Evans.

WARNINGS: Just cute af with a side of dumb.

Stacey had just finished making her rounds of feeding all the animals, dropping the last little bit of Leonardo’s food into his tank and watching him instantly start to devour it. “Perfect. Everyone’s good to go. Or do I need to feed you dinner too?” she asked, turning to face her brother in his spot on the floor with a raised eyebrow. She wasn’t even joking; she didn’t trust that Stevie remembered to eat anything other than Cheetos some days. It wasn’t like she could count on his roommate to remind him. She reached into Rizzo’s tank to let her climb onto her hand, then came to join Stevie on the floor, sitting cross-legged in front of him. “Okay,” Stacey started, letting the gecko crawl across her hands a few times before settling down to chill out in her palm. “I have to tell you something, like, super important I’ve been sitting with all day. I didn’t know if I should but then I was like, I kind of have to, because if I don’t I'm totally gonna regret not telling you.” She very quickly realized she was making it sound more serious than it was. She took a deep breath before continuing. “It’s about puppies.”

STACEY’S CHILDREN.

RIGBY ― 5-year-old mix pup. He was brought to the shelter Stacey works at as a stray so there isn’t a lot of info on his background. He is super duper chill and sweet so he can hang when the bunnies and rats are out (with supervision, duh).

RIZZO ― 8-year-old leopard gecko. Stacey got her when she was 14, and she was her first pet that wasn’t family-owned, but the family still loves her, obvs. She loves to be held and walk all over your hands.

BUELLER ― 2-year-old ferret. The cutest, sweetest thing in the entire world. He loves attention and is just as playful as any lil’ ferret, so Rigby and the rabbits all go away when Bueller is out and about.

BERT & ERNIE ― 3-year-old rats. Bert, Ernie, and the famous Ratthew are littermates, the babies of Stacey’s old rat Nala — may she rest in peace. Both are super sweet. Bert is the male and the lazy one, but he likes to check everything out. Ernie is the female and is kind of all over the place all the time.

LEONARDO ― 10-year-old red-eared slider. He’s named after the Ninja Turtle because Stacey clearly has no originality. She doesn’t handle him a ton, but he doesn’t mind it when she does. He’s just doing his turtle thing.

STACEY: are you home? or going to be any time soon?

STACEY: i have class late tonight and i don’t have time to stop at home before but hopper & RDJ didn’t get a chance to run around today :(