Concurrence: Chapter 5
He began to walk off, and seela’s nostrils flared in agitation, stopping his trek as she reached over to clasp his helmet between her finger and thumbs, turning his head around to face her with all the effort of scruffing an unruly housepet.
With No Stars Above Us
Behind karniel, cathka groaned like she just found the remains of some housepet squatting over and soiling an expensive rug. srek slubbed and nuzzled his face up and down karniel's hips, purring. “i missed you and master mathus so much."
The Slavemaster of Skate City and the Little Thief
"kneel," said the fox, smiling pleasantly as hank did as he was commanded, reaching out to gently rub the stallion's head and ears, as he might a treasured housepet. "very good.
Self-Therapy
Behaving himself like the good housepet that he strives to be. to live up to their expectations is what only matters tonight. "that's a good boy."
Superhero 8
Theo's feral drake housepet hissed and dodged aside, flapping its wings for a bit of lift, as he nearly ran it over by accident as it rested in a ray of warm sunlight atop the stairs.
Workin' like a dog
I was mostly familiar with this term as it applied to housepets, and i wasn't certain if i'd understood. "you mean, like a d --" "yes," she snapped, and it appeared to take an effort for her to settle down. "like a dog. it's unpleasant.
The Huntress of Pleasure 2 - The Wildspire Wastes
Armed with her then-experimental aphrodisiac, she had prowled the city in search of prey - and neither housepets nor beasts of burden were safe from her predation.
Seal the Deal
Actually petting him, like he was some overgrown housepet and not a centuries-old spirit who could probably eat me if he felt like it.
Untamed Grass, Untamed Heart
I know housepets seem to know when you don't mean them any harm, but... hell, this is a wild fuckin' animal. he just has really pretty eyes. like... like a pair of polished citrines illuminated by the sun. if it's alright for me to get poetic.
Secondhand Lions, Strange Surprises
Interesting housepets, and keeps away traveling salesmen." i winked. "wow... well, that's certainly an interesting family. do you have a supersavings card?" she asked. i handed over my card and she scanned it for my discount.
Heart and Claw Chapter 6
“don’t think it’s strange comparing your own kind to housepets?” “of course i think it’s strange. i’m part them, and part human, i’m literally the _definition _of strange.
A Not-So-Lonely Night [Commission]
From when he did manage to sleep, he remembered very little of the broken, disjointed dreams he experienced: something about one of the house's ghosts, the one that acted like a feral animal, like a housepet.