All I want for Christmas

Story by AnnoyedDragon on SoFurry

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Another first here, this story contains my first attempt at homosexual sex and relationships, let me know how I did :)

The story covers a couple enjoying a Christmas break in the middle of nowhere, indulging the deep desires of one of them to take the unconventional form of a dinosaur. They have the whole holiday to enjoy each others company, to explore his new reptilian body, away from judgemental eyes. It should be a time to remember.


I scanned through the words of my book impatiently, not really reading it. It’s like that feeling on Christmas morning as a child. That energy, that buzz of excitement, the painfully slow passing of time. It wasn’t Christmas morning, but it was snowing outside. Sat alone in my partners cottage, far from prying eyes, we could do whatever we wanted.

That was exactly what we intended to do, a festive holiday, just the two of us. The possibilities kept my imagination busy during the wait, which only made it all the more painful.

But Christmas had come early. You see, there was one thing I wanted in particular, something not many people would be able to understand. But James did. He was out there now, fetching it for me. A lot of effort cumulating into this one last trip. The thought of it made my body quiver, for it to be so close to becoming a reality. Please hurry my love.

Yet… do we really know what we want? This fantasy, the one I had run through my mind so many times, so close to becoming real. I was forced to pause, forced to think deeper, had I really considered all the implications of this? Flirting with the idea wasn’t enough. If I was to live it, I had to be sure. That’s why…

The door opened and in James stepped, a burst of cool air filling the cottage and causing the fire to flare in its wake. He quickly closed it to keep the warmth in and the snow out, brushing the flakes from himself before hanging up his thick coat.

“Did you get it, was the delivery there?” I asked in hope, my heart a flutter. He smiled my direction, holding up a small bag he had brought with him.

I felt light headed as my heart raced. It was here, now it was real. My hope and dreams, my potential regret, hanging just a couple of feet away from me. I was simultaneously aroused and frightened, my breath quickening while my member hardened secretly under the blanket.

“Sam calm down” said my partner, sensing my conflict. He walked across the room, old wooden flooring complaining beneath each step, resting the small package on the mantlepiece. “You don’t have to use it the moment it arrived, give yourself a chance to psych up to it first”.

He left the package there and joined me on the couch, placing an arm comfortingly around myself before speaking again. “That is of course if you still want to, I won’t be mad if you change your mind, you know that right?”

I placed my hand over his, enjoying his warmth and closeness. “I’ve thought of nothing else” I admitted, gazing contemplatively towards the fire. “But doubt is normal, isn’t it James? You cannot be one hundred percent sure of everything and this… this is a big step for me”. I looked to him, seeking approval. Wanting someone to tell me if this was the right choice for me.

He cuddled me closer, holding my head and stroking my hair. “I understand my pet”, he kissed me on the forehead before getting back up and walking over to the box again, removing the lid to inspect its contents. “That’s why we got a two part formula, to help you make up your mind”.

He held up two corked vials, one contained a green liquid while the other a clear one. There was that arousal again… I was actually looking at them now and the sight of them made my body burn for it. I wanted to know, I wanted to feel!

“I… I think I’m ready” I said while gazing downward, fidgeting with my hands.

He placed both vials down and walked over to me, kneeling before me and taking my hands in his. I looked up to his face, his smiling face. “Are you absolutely sure you’re ready for this Sam? You can always sleep on it if you want”.

I shook my head.

“Ok… come with me then”.

He led me by hand, taking hold of the green vial and placing the clear one back on the mantlepiece by itself. Both of us making our way to the bedroom.

I sat on the soft squishy mattress breathing heavily, my heart racing. I cannot believe this is really it, it’s going to happen. Here, now… He placed the vial in my hand, I uncorked the bottle, my whole body was trembling. Do it… just do it… do it now!

I drank the vial, emptying it down my throat. Warmth spreading wherever the liquid touched.

Putting the cork back in, I handed it to him. I had such a raging erection; which made James chuckle when he caught sight of it. As if what I had just done was the most arousing thing in my entire life. The concept alone was driving me wild, it was inside of me, soon it would begin to take over.

There it is.

“Agh!” I cried as the liquid began its work, a sensation of it saturating my stomach and exploding outward into the surrounding organs. Infecting them, dominating them, changing…

The pacing of my breaths escalated, hunched over as my body shuddered with each heartbeat. James placed a comforting hand on my shoulder as a show of support, I grabbed hold of it as I rode out the intensity of my infection. That green stuff didn’t mess around, I could feel it spreading everywhere, my body in shock at this aggressive intruder.

As expected my breaths began to slow and things gradually calmed back down. It had taken over, my body was submitting to its new invasive master and ceasing to fight back. For a few moments you would have thought I was back to normal, but I could feel it in there, that warmth saturating every cell in my body. Awaiting peak saturation.

“You ok?” He asked me. I nodded weakly, catching my breath from what had just occurred. “Bloody hell Sam, they weren’t joking about the initial stage being uncomfortable. I thought you were having a fit”. I put my hand to his face and smiled, letting him know I really was alright.

Things had calmed, all that remained was a sensual warmth. Having gotten that initial discomfort out of the way, now the real fun would start. The potion had taken hold, my body was at its whim, it need only command and I would follow.

I began to moan, feeling over my chest, something was beginning to happen there. Something wonderful. My cries only grew louder as the sound of popping, reconfiguring bones began to echo around the room. I hugged against my chest as it began to push outward, hands feeling over its surface as it changed beneath them.

“Oh it’s starting, it’s happening!” I crawled onto the bed in preparation, composing myself for what was to come.

Grunting in enjoyment, I felt my torso continue to reconfigure within me. What I drank turning what should have been excruciating pain into something far more palatable. All I knew is I felt good and I wanted more, groaning in joy as each harsh internal restructure just granted me more delightful… pleasure.

“Ah! Y… Yes! Keeping going, more!”

My partner chuckled, amused by my begging. “It’s that good is it my pet? I’m happy for you, I’ll sit back here and enjoy the show then”.

All I could do was pant his direction as James walked to one of the furthest walls and took a seat, getting comfortable for the freakish show I was putting on. I was in bliss, but that wasn’t what I was doing this for. I wanted the result, I wanted to be…

“Gnah!” A brief eruption of cracking bone silenced my line of thought as my spine grew and reshaped, forcing me into a most peculiar posture. I found myself lightly humping at the air as I felt growth down below, something thick and strong. My genitals were moving, distorting, their reshaping granting me more delightful sensations.

I heard… tearing. Looking back at my feet, I saw something sharp making its way down my sock, like something was trying to cut its way out from behind the fabric. Gradually a thick claw came into view, my claw. My claw!

I dug my fingernails into the mattress, they tore through, getting stronger and sharper every second.

“Try not to cause too much damage hun”, said a voice from elsewhere in the room. I looked over to James and gave him a sharp toothy smile.

“But where is the fun in… Agh!” I was interrupted as I sat up, moaning as my body bulged with change. I felt my groin pressing down against my pants, it was feeling tight down there. My thighs were pushing wider, getting thicker… the pants needed to go. Everything needed to go.

I pulled the clothes from me to the best of my ability, my altering anatomy making once familiar movements that more difficult. I then kneeled there on the bed, naked, basking in my reshaping body.

My chest was far more protruded, a thick new bone pressed out of my crotch; my genitals pulled behind it. Where my toes once sat were a few large clawed digits, my legs distorting for digitigrade moment.

Falling to my clawed hands again, I braced myself as my legs pushed even further apart, having managed to shed the clothes in time. My spine continued to crunch and distort, I moved it around to get a feel for its gradually shifting range of movement. My neck clicking as it lengthened further away from my body; distorting my humanoid shape.

It all felt so incredible, becoming something else, feeling a new body taking shape over mine. Every movement, every sensation, it contradicted a lifetime of experience of what my body should feel like. I wanted more, I wanted to change more.

I could feel… My spine lengthening, pushing downward further and further, it leaving my body and yet continuing to push away from it.

I could feel… My face pushing out, the space in my mouth filling with new sharp teeth. My tongue stretching to cover the longer length of my mouth, its flesh taking on a different texture.

My body was in euphoria, my moans and cries being the best articulation of the experience within.

I jumped from the bed, the spine that had grown from my rear brushing off it as I left, a quickly lengthening and thickening tail. Squatting on my increasingly powerful legs, clawed toes digging into the floorboards. I panted ferally, I was horny, a horny beast.

Sensing back behind that pubic bone that now dominated the shape of my crotch, I felt a moist pressure just under my tail. It was definitely of a genital nature. It was hard to reach with these shortening arms, I grasped for it, eager to stimulate it.

“Now now” came a voice. I looked to my partner, him waving a finger in disapproval. “That fun begins when you’re finished, try to hold on for now”.

I growled in disapproval, but submitted to my mate.

That tail just grew and grew, extending farther behind me. I swayed it in utter joy, savouring every sensation it had to offer. So long had it been awaited. So very long.

My face continued its forward push, more teeth, hair falling from me. I felt my face becoming more rounded, more reptilian, stretching it out further as my neck continued to lengthen. It seemed like all the strength in my arms were being transferred to my legs, they continued to shrink in size as my legs bulged with power.

All hair fell from me as my skin became rough and textured, scaled plates growing over my exterior; sealing me behind my own natural set of scalemail. The skin darkened and then yellowed, patterns forming here and there.

“Yes… yes! I’m almost there, I can feel it…” I announced with a lisp.

My physique finalised into a reptilian shape, my back strengthened in its new posture, the reshaped bones in my neck and tail clicking as they raised high. Organs settled into their final positions. My body cooled in the aftermath as my panting slowed until it ceased, the stress over my body dissipating and taking the pleasure of the strain with it.

I’m done.

I open my eyes. My reptilian eyes. Instinctively sniffing at the air as I looked around, the flexibility in this long neck was incredible and… I looked back. My tail curved towards me as I willed it, thick and powerful, my tail…

“You’re cute” came from my lover. I turned to James, my toothy maw hanging open in excited gasps. “You look like a proper little dinosaur” he then added.

“Really!? Do I really?” I cried out, then began bouncing my body where I stood. My excitement showing through in playful movements and a swishy meaty tail. Every sensation was a savoured thrill, my new body quickly becoming my favourite toy, simple movements being exciting adventures in experience.

“Good god it’s incredible!” I cried, smiling as wide as this muzzle would allow. “It’s everything I hoped for and more!”.

I stopped as I felt a hand caress against my back, I looked up at my lover affectionately. He felt over me and followed the curve onto my tail, getting a feel for my scaled texture before giving me a pat on the rump. His touch was sensually arousing.

“I’m glad you like it pet, your approval is what matters the most to me. So long as you’re happy, I’ll like you in whatever skin you wear”.

He returned his hand to me, this time to my face. Amazingly I began to purr as he caressed over my scaly muzzle, its vibration within me so pleasing. Catching whiff of his scent as he stroked over my nostrils, I followed it intensely. I never expected the smell of my lover to be so intoxicating, so… arousing.

But I wanted more than just his touch, I wanted us to explore my new body, together. Nudging my muzzle against his crotch and breathing him in, I gave him the best puppydog eyes I could muster in this body.

He laughed as I did so. “So eager so soon? Ok pet, let’s see what you can do”.

Unzipping his pants and pulling everything below his waist from himself, James sat on the bed with his member out. I positioned myself in front of it eagerly, purring as I made my way. I then began licking his manhood, in long strokes given the length of my tongue.

Its roughness soon had James moaning, I was pleased with my new found tool and his taste in particular had become all the more complex. He pulled me closer as I worked on him, balls to tip, feeling him shudder with each lap I made across his member.

Suddenly he grabbed my face and pushed me away, I looked up to see him panting. “S… slow down Sam, if you keep that up I’ll be done before I can do anything for you…” He composed himself, the elation in his face turning back into his usual smile. “Today is your day, so let me work on you for a while”.

He patted on the bed, encouraging me up. From there he took hold of me and rolled me onto my back. I don’t think dinosaurs were supposed to lay this way, but with his support I could find comfort in maintaining this position. James stepped over my tail, having it between his legs, holding me by my feet.

“This body is all new, so let’s figure out what makes it feel good”.

He pushed his fingers between my toes and began massaging the pads underneath them. They curled inward around his digits as James worked my feet. “Do you like that?” He said, gauging my response. I nodded, my toes twitching giddily in response to his soft touch. A foot massage was nice but I wanted more than that.

“Try going lower” I encouraged, curling my tail upward to tease between his legs. James looked down as he felt it press against his hanging testicles and chuckled, there was so much fun to be had with this new limb.

Keeping both of my legs in his hands, James followed them down to my inner thighs. Kneeling down now with my tail still playing with him below, he began caressing over the new thick muscles there.

This felt even nicer, the scales close proximity to my crotch made them feel more receptive to gentle stimulation. My legs rocked under his influence, causing the skin of my opening to stretch and relax, I gasped in response.

“Hmm, getting warmer…”

He moved on, his hands shifting inward. Gently feeling over the thick, hard pubic bone that now stuck out between my legs. Alternating between my bulge and the soft flesh just behind it; flowing onto my tail. I whimpered in response, enjoying the exotic new sensations my reptilian body had to offer.

“I’ve heard of a hard one, but this is ridiculous” James chuckled. “Of course we both know where I’m heading…”

Hand either side, he held the base of my tail, allowing both thumbs to stroke against my vent. I began to squirm beneath him, my whimpers turning to panting as he continued to tease the area. I pressed my groin closer towards him, encouraging him to explore further, my tail now lazily sagging from the bed’s end as I submitted to his influence.

“So pet, you’ve got a cloaca now? I’m sure we’ll soon figure this one out.”

He parted my opening, teasing the lips in his fingers as he looked inside on how my new internals worked. Soon enough his view was obsured as a long, thick reptilian member erected from my vent and continued to grow. James leaned in closer and began to lick across it.

A feral screeched unexpectedly erupted from me, it startled even me but it didn’t appear to interrupt his working of my new genitalia. I looked on, trying to control my feral noises, as he took its meaty end into his mouth and began to suck the tip.

I lost all control, my human voice giving way to animalistic grunts and cries. Pitiful little screeches as this dangerous predator lay weakly under the influence of a human. I didn’t know the pleasures of this body, I didn’t understand them, even the smallest of stimulation sent me into a fit. Everything, every touch and tease, was incredible to me.

He freed my dinosaur dick from his mouth to speak to me again. “I think that’s enough foreplay for the both of us, how about we get on with things?”

I nodded sheepishly.

“Just stay right here my pet”.

He helped me fall comfortably to the bed before he left to fetch something from a draw, removing the lid and scooping a generous amount of lube into his hands. James then smothered his dick in it, approaching me again once lubed up to satisfaction.

“Now I could be wrong, but I think I found a way in back here”. He scooped more lube into his hands and then started fingering into a gap just behind my erect member. The sensation was reminiscent of anal fingering, only my penis was also erect from this same hole. It was such an alien sensation.

“Come on Sam, get up. You can rest against the bed, just be sure I can access things back here”.

Nodding in understanding, I stood up and jumped off onto the floor. I then walked my upper body over the bed, letting it rest against it for support. Looking back, I rose my tail for my mate, presenting myself to him.

“Good boy, now let’s get things started. Let me know if anything is wrong, we’re still figuring you out after all”.

I looked back with a blissful reptilian expression as I watched my lover take hold of my tail, positioning my rear into just the right place, then took hold of his glistening erect member. I dreamt of this very scenario for so long… Looking away and closing my eyes in anticipation, I gasped as James entered me, my small clawed hands tightly grasping the bedsheets.

“Feels ok?” He asked.

I nodded enthusiastically, rubbing my long face against the bed sheets in approval.

Without another word, he began the motions. I felt my lovers member glide in and out of my vent, my own penis hardening all the more as his member slided against its back. My purring resumed, toe claws digging deeper into the floorboards each time he explored inward.

I lifted my tail higher as his pace increased, my muzzle parted in a feral pant, a glow of stimulation building in my rear. It was like a dream, I had the body I always wanted and James was making love to me. Only the body I felt was solid and vivid, the tail offered an unmistakable sensation that couldn’t be confused with an imagined experience.

This was real. I was awake and this was real, I was a dinosaur and we were fucking.

“Oh god James this is really happening, don’t you dare stop now!” I cried at the human behind me.

“I…” he huffed, trying to compose himself during the sexing. “I don’t intend to… my pet. Damn… I could get used to this.” He grabbed hold of my tail, using it as leverage to pull himself into me. again and again, he pounded my vent, hanging off my tailed rear.

I growled ferally, pre-cum leaking from my alien member. I reached for the dick but with these little arms it proved impossible.

“Wank me, please! I can’t reach it myself James!”

He ceased his thrusting for a moment to reposition himself. Pulling up even closer against me, lifting a leg to my side, reaching and taking hold of my member in one arm. He resumed pounding my rear, this time holding onto my lower section so he could wank me off at the same time. The multitasking was proving difficult, but he was just managing it.

I gave out a long, deep, primal groan. I was very well endowed and it seemed the sensation had increased with the surface area of my dick. Soon I started to cry out in a dinosaur call, some instinctive animalistic mating cry. My rod burned with stimulation, pressure building in my depths. I was ready to ride it out to its inevitable end.

Suddenly I heard from behind.

“I’m… I’m sorry, I cannot hold…agh!”

The manhood in my rear began to pulsate, warm liquid firing into my reptilian depths. My partner cried out as he repeatedly hammered my vent, ejaculating into me, properly marking my new body as his mate. James moaned in satisfaction as he emptied his load into a big lizard, his pace slowing as he was spent.

James pulled out but quickly got under me and started working my own manhood, not wanting to let his partner down. Both hands grasped around my new equipment, pumping it. I humped into his hand crafted hole, eager to squeeze out my first load and give my new manhood its first proper testing.

Sure enough I felt it building within me, my eyes narrowing as the pressure travelled along its length. But it was so much, so powerful, it was incredible this body was able to contain such a force building within it… He should probably move.

“I’m gonna… quickly... get!”

It was too late, I emptied my load all over him. All… over... him. I screeched in delight as James was hosed down in a high pressure cum spray of inhuman quantities. My concern for him momentarily suppressed as I was rocked with powerful orgasms, crying out in feral gratification as I cummed again and again. Teasing out the last few squirts, I was in orgasmic bliss.

As I panted in the aftermath, allowing my long tongue to lazily hang from my toothy muzzle, my mind turned to... other things. I looked down on my cum painted mate, his single remaining garment dripping in dino spooge. “S… Sorry” was all I could offer him, looking away in shame.

James got up and patted my rear, seemingly in understanding. Then left to get cleaned up.

Freshly showered and in clean clothes, he returned to find me laying across the bed. Basking in the sensual aftermath of our interspecies sexing. I rubbed my nude scaled body against the sheets, grunting happily, putting on a show for my approaching lover.

“That…” he eventually said, “That was the best fuck I’ve had in a long time. Shit… I know you’re in there Sam, but I enjoyed that a little too much…” He chuckled to himself. “You’re rubbing off on me, you big sexy beast”.

He got on the bed with me, stroking over the base of my tail, I raised it in response; giving him a view of my dinosaur rump. “Oh you tease” he smirked, spending a few moments to appreciate my thick tailed rear.

James seemed taken by surprise, like he himself didn’t expect to enjoy this as much as he did. I knew he was humouring these desires for my sake initially, to see him genuinely enjoy himself was comforting. That thought, that kinship in tastes, that only made me feel closer to him.

“I’m in heaven…” I whispered while gazing into the distance, before looking back to him with a shy toothy smile. “I don’t want this to end…”

He offered me a hesitant smile in response, happy for me but still airing on caution.

“Well you’ve got a week or so to figure that one out, depending how quickly you metabolise through the potion. So by all means enjoy yourself, but… think on the long term as well. Ok?”

I nodded and took a deep breath, resuming my distant gaze, watching the snow fall outside. We just lay together like that, not a word between us, just enjoying each others company and the new body I now occupied...

I opened my eyes, my face pressed against a pillow, the world slowly emerging around me as my consciousness returned. Where am I... the cottage? This bed was so warm and comfy, I didn’t want to move.

I gasped meekly as I felt something new glide beneath the covers. What on earth was that? … Ah yes, I closed my eyes again and grinned widely, just my tail moving. For a brief moment it all seemed like a wonderful dream, but as I woke I found myself still in that body, a dinosaur lay beneath the covers. A nude, smooth scaled, sensual reptilian beast. That’s me now.

Using my long neck; I looked back to see James there, curved against my back with one arm hugged around me. Oh the things we got up to yesterday…

I nudged my muzzle against his face, stirring him from his slumber. His eyes opened unfocused at first, then he smiled and sat up to better hold me. “Hello you… did you have a good sleep pet?”

Nodding, I rested my face against his chest, which required impressed flexibility from my neck given I was laying the other direction. James rubbed under my throat, like he was fussing an animal, I enjoyed the treatment thoroughly.

“It was magical waking up like this” I said to him. “Forgetting everything, then it all slowly coming back, rediscovering how it all feels and works again.” He hugged my head closer, gently stroking over my muzzle. I gazed up at him affectionately, happy to stay that way all morning.

Then I smelled something in the air, the now familiar musk of arousal. “Would you like me to do something about that hun?” I asked him, to which he looked at me with confusion. I got up on the bed, toe claws gripping the mattress for balance, pulling the sheets up with me. Them sliding over my body and weighing down on my tail.

I looked down on my mate, noting his morning wood, the smell now stronger; having been liberated from the sheets. I sniffed at it, breathing him in, savouring James’s scent. “That…” I clarified.

“Well, aren't you a smart dino. It’s good to see you getting used to your new senses, you’re going to know I’m horny before I do”. He laughed, then looked up to me with needy eyes. “Not that I’m complaining. So how exactly do you intend to solve this problem then?”

“I’ll be careful, I promise” I assured him, squatting down and giving his member another good sniff before gobbling it up. Taking care to not let it touch anything sharp.

James gave out a satisfying moan as his sausage got comfortable on my generously proportioned tongue, its rough texture seeming to be most agreeable to him. It must have been quite the sight on his part, seeing a dinosaur burying its face between his legs and licking him up. The satisfaction in knowing this powerful ancient beast had his well being utmost in its heart.

I purred affectionately as I used that rough tongue to its potential, licking it up and down his length and lubricating it generously. Teasing moans and whimpers out of him, eager to please, wanting to show him what this new body could do.

It didn’t take long, James soon cried out and emptied himself into my welcoming maw. Some managing to end up on my muzzle as I lapped it up from wherever it fell. As he composed himself he was greeted to my smiling toothy muzzle. Chuckling at the sight, he grabbing a tissue to clean his seed from my face.

“Thanks for that pet” he said with praise, grabbing hold of my long face and giving me a kiss on the nose. He sat up and got off the bed, giving his nude body a long hard stretch for another day, feeling satisfied from his morning blow. “I’m going to get cleaned up in the shower, you should join me Sam; given it would be difficult for you to get a scrub on your own”.

My eyes lit up and I jumped off the bed to follow him, bobbing happily behind. Thoughts of soapy sponges filling my mind as I was eager for new experiences in this body.

Feeling water rain down on my scales was as delightful as I imagined, James washing over my body kept me in an almost constant state of purring. As he reached further back he gave me a sly grope, feeling up and down my rear while he washed above, alternating between my vent and tail. I enjoyed his teasing.

But as the morning routine continued, things felt less sexy. I perched myself on a stool while he brushed my teeth, my arms not long enough to hold the brush myself. Learning to squat, flush and clean myself at the toilet was also proving a learning process. Mundane things were suddenly difficult, I needed his help, which was understandable given my body was never meant to exist in the modern world.

I knew becoming an animal would have its limitations. There was still some things I could do, but standing around while he cooked breakfast; I felt somewhat like a dog waiting to be fed. I love this body, but… I couldn’t care for myself. I had become so dependant on him and at times I wondered if he minded.

Breakfast down, I wandered by a window and gazed out over the white landscape. Things had calmed down outside, the blizzard had passed, everything was so still now. It was beautiful.

Hands reached around me and I nudged my head against him affectionately, then as he moved back I felt something around my neck. Looking down something familiar was hanging from me, my collar. He had transferred the various charms and bells I used to wear on my old collar onto this new one, large enough to accommodate my thicker reptilian neck.

“Aww it’s lovely” I said turning to James; grasping it with my clawed digits, now feeling complete.

“I figured you’d want your collar, so I had it switched to a larger size. The shopkeeper was asking what dog I had to need a collar with such a large fit, kept trying to sell me pet insurance.” I chuckled in reaction to that, imagining how they’d react if they knew.

I returned my gaze to the snowy landscape. “I wonder how fast I can run like this?” I asked, turning to face him with a look of excitement in my eyes.

“Don’t be silly Sam, you’re a big lizard and it’s snow out there, you’ll freeze”.

“I won’t be out long, I promise!” I said while bobbing in place, eager to put this energy to some use. He sighed and rubbed his face, contemplating the risks of letting a dinosaur run around in the depths of winter.

“Ok…” he finally said with reluctance. “But only a few minutes and you’ve got to wear something”.

I bounced in the spot with excitement as he went through a wardrobe; trying to find something that would fit me. Eventually he pulled out a wooly winter jumper with long arms, helping me into it and using the arms to tie it around my torso. Assessing if it would even stay on as soon as I became active.

“You’re mostly still naked but it’s better than nothing” he said looking me up and down. “Just… don’t do anything rash and come in as soon as the cold bothers you.”

Nodding in agreement; we both made our way to the front door.

I shivered instantly as I felt the cool air flow in through the open door, but was insistent to at least try. Carefully I stepped out onto the snow, testing the ground first to see if I could even bear to stand in it. It gave out that familiar satisfying crunch beneath my feet, the shock of the cold causing my foot to step right back out. Having a feel for it now, I walked into the outdoors, my more reasonably dressed partner following behind.

I panted as the cold licked over my scaled body, brushing against areas that should have been well protected even as a human. It was sharp and refreshing, helping to make my body feel more vivid.

Once cleared from the house, I began putting my body to the test. Taking short runs to the left and right, seeing how far I could leap while James watched close by. As I got a feel for things I became more confident, pushing my legs harder, building up speed for great leaps. My larger toe claws digging brutally into the ground as I landed.

He clapped from afar, whistling when I made particular impressive leaps. But I felt I could go further, run faster, I just needed the room to push myself.

I really went for it, circling the cottage to build speed, my tail noisily whipping through the wind behind me. I was amazed at how much ground I could cover so quickly, pushing my body harder and harder, wanting to see its limit. “Bloody hell!” I heard as I flew past James, then followed by “Don’t go too far Sam!” Somewhere back there in the distance. I was a machine.

I raced up a snowy hill and jumped as hard as I could, I flew, traveling a scary distance before landing safely on my feet again. Sending snow flying and showering down around me from the impact.

Laughing out loud in the adrenaline rush, I was high on my own power. I had no idea this body was so strong, it made my prior human body feel like a pregnant cow in comparison. I felt that I could probably run alongside a car, it was intoxicating.

James was calling for me somewhere in the distance, it was crazy how much ground I covered in just a few seconds. Really I shouldn’t worry him, so I set out climbing that hill to return to the cottage. Instinctively trying to put my arms in front of me in case I fell, then realising even if the tiny things could brace for a fall; they were restricted under cloth anyway.

As I made my way up, I heard something, rumbling in the distance. Stabilizing my position on the slope, I looked out through the surrounding trees, towards the distant road. It sounded like a car, but really no one should be out this far unless they were heading for the cottage. I stood there for a moment, listening as the sound approached.

My predator eyes soon helped catch the movement in the distance, as a vehicle came around a bend. My heart sank, my breath quickening as I soon realised this car was familiar to me. I ran up the slope with all the power these dinosaur legs granted me.

Screeching in a feral manner, the terror had overcome my human vocabulary and the animal's instincts had taken hold. I ran for the cottage, James realising something was wrong as he saw me race towards him making the most ungodly fearful noise.

“Are you hurt?” He called out to me. I stopped in front of him catching my breath, wanting to tell him what was wrong but only animalistic cries coming out as I stamped around in place; looking around in a panic. He took hold of me, hugging me tightly, asking me over and over again to calm down and let him know what was wrong.

“He’s here!” Finally came out. “He found me, he’s on his way now, I saw his car!”

“Are you absolutely sure?” James asked, to which I nodded impatiently. Continuing my little dance of fear, stepping in place and looking around, animal behaviours forcing themselves from my subconscious while my human mind was awash in terror. “What are we going to do!” I cried, followed by another feral screech.

He took me by the face, directing my gaze to include only him, telling me to breath and calm myself while my legs continued to stamp. “Here is what I need you to do” he said, speaking in a clear and authoritative manner. “You are going to go into the cottage and stay hidden inside, don’t let him see you Sam. I’ll get rid of him”.

“You understand?” He asked me, shaking my face a little to get my attention. Eventually I regained some control, nodding in agreement as I tried to restrain my panicked breathing. James let me go, I give him a quick lick on the cheek to show my gratitude and then ran for the cottage. Shutting the door and closing net curtains by dragging them in my mouth.

Sheepishly I peered over the windowsill through the nets, I’d be able to see out but they wouldn’t see me here. Watching James standing in solitude, waiting for his arrival. Even hiding here, my heart pounded still.

Sure enough a familiar vehicle pulled up outside the cottage and out he stepped.

Dad… how did you find me here…

My father walked up to James, not looking very impressed. “Where is my son?” He demanded, the clarity of it coming as a shock to me, causing me to shrink further back behind the windowsill. I had underestimated how enhanced my senses had become, I could understand them even here, making them feel a lot closer than they actually are.

“It’s none of your business and you’re not welcome here” James said firmly.

“My son’s well being is my businesses, he’s confused and you had no right to bring him out here for your sick little game. Now get Sam out here!”

James stood firm. “Sam’s a grown man and he can make his own decisions, it’s not his fault his father doesn’t respect those choices... This is private property, so please leave now”.

My father didn’t look amused at all, seemingly intent on getting his way.

“Now listen here you little shit… I’m onto you, I know your game. You think because you have money you can do whatever you like with whoever you want. That if you flash your cash around, you can have your way with anyone you want”.

My dad pointed at James aggressively, shaking his finger. “I’m not going to stand back and let you groom my son into a gay boy, only to discard him when you’re bored and find someone else. It will be his family that will have to pick up the pieces when you’re done with him”.

James sighed, shaking his head. “Sam isn’t confused, you are. Sir, your son is a gay man, he’s always been a gay man. I didn’t ‘groom’ him to be anything, Sam is with me because he wants to be and...” my father interrupted him.

“He’s confused and you’re taking advantage of that, Sam doesn’t know what he is, he listens to people like you and he thinks that’s what he is. You groom him with gifts and holidays, shaping him into what you want him to be. You’re nothing but a bad influence on him”.

I looked down from the window, tears forming in my eyes, slumping in place. This is why I left home…

He’d never let me be myself, love who I wanted, be what I wanted… If there was anything about me he didn’t like and there was a lot, he’d drive my friends and lovers away, calling them a bad influence. He hated who I was but would never admit to that, blaming everyone around me for his disappointment…

My attention was pulled back outside as I heard someone yelp. Concerned, I looked back up to see James nursing his face, my father’s fist raised. No!

I raced for the door, James looking my way as I burst through.

“Sam, no! Go back inside!”

“...Sam?” My father asked, looking the direction of the approaching creature James had just given his son’s name. “Sam… wh… what the hell did that sick fuck do to you?”

“Just go away you fool! You don’t understand anything.” I cried at him.

His face turned red with rage, looking away and seeming to nod in agreement with what he was thinking to himself.

“I don’t understand? I don’t understand do I?” He turned around and punched the air, then returned his attention to me. “He has literally turned you into a fucking animal! You’re wearing a goddamn collar for Christ’s sake, like you’re his pet, and you say I don’t understand?”

He breathed loudly, seemingly struggling to control his rage.

“I bet he’s fucked you as well, hasn’t he? Go on, HASN’T HE? He’s fucked you while you look like that”.

I looked away. “It’s… it’s none of your business…”

“Christ!” He kicked the snow a random direction. “You are literally his fuck pet and you say I don’t understand? You’ve been engaging in gay bestiality to please this twisted fuck and you say I don’t understand? He’s got you in the middle of nowhere, turned you into his personal fuck animal and you say I don’t understand?”

I looked away whimpering, tears running down my muzzle. It’s none of his business what I like, I didn’t ask him to come here and judge me.

My dad turned to the surrounding wilderness and yelled at the top of his lungs. “My son is no one’s fuck pet, no one's!” He looked back to me, fury in his eyes, a unsettled trembling to his voice. “This isn’t you Sam… this isn’t my boy… You’re coming home, away from this sick bastard. We’ll get you cleaned up and it will be alright, everything will be fine…”

With that he started approaching me, I shrank where I stood. “Sam! Get to the cottage, quick!” Called James, but I was too scared to move. He grabbed me by the jumper and started dragging me along, my feet stumbling due to the awkward angle he made me walk at. I squeaked ferally in objection, he just told me to shut up.

James ran over and tried to pull me free, but my father hit him with frightening force and he fell to the ground.

Something… primal clicked in me.

With a feral roar, I launched myself at dad and bite down hard on his arm. He screamed and tried to push me away, but I was a lot more powerful than him. We both fell to the ground as I mauled him, one of my large toe claws ripping into his leg as he hit the floor.

We struggled there for a few seconds, a seeming eternity, until the significance of my actions hit home. If I kept this up, it would be very easy for me to go too far and kill him.

I leaped backward, blood dripping from my teeth, venting my anger with the most intimidating feral roar I could muster; until my humanity managed to wrestle hold again. “Get the fuck out of my life, you stupid bastard!” I screeched, dad struggling back to his feet and fleeing a distance while nursing his arm.

“You’re dead to me boy, you’re dead to me!” He eventually yelled back when he thought he was at a safe distance, little did he know how easily I could close it.

“Just go away and never come back!” I cried at him, followed by a loud and long feral screech, continuing it whenever I took another breath. He ran to his car and took off at high speed. I watched him disappear into the distance, before slowly turning and walking weakly back to James. He had sat back up, looking back at me wide eyed.

“You… you alright there Sam?” He asked me. I thought about that for just a moment, before collapsing into a pile and sobbing. Rubbing my muzzle against the snow to get the blood off, unable to remove his taste from my mouth. Eventually a shadow was cast over me, James joining me on the floor, hugging me close.

“You’re shivering Sam…” he eventually said. “Let’s get you back inside”. With that he picked me up, one arm under my chest while the other supported me under my tail, getting used to my weight before carrying me back to the cottage.

He brought me inside and I was shivering, whether from the cold or what had just happened I wasn’t sure. He put me down in front of the fire in the sitting area. “I’ll get some water to wash that blood off, just wait here and try to get warm…”

With that he left me alone, alone to think on my actions. I felt numb, both physically and emotionally. Remembering where I was, I stood up and looked to the mantelpiece. The clear liquid vial still sat on here. I just stood there, contemplating it.

Eventually I walked over and tried to reach it, climbing some furniture and taking it into my mouth. Then having returned to the floor; I started digging at the cork with my claws, trying to remove it.

“No Sam!” Cried James as he entered the room, dropping a towel and tub of steaming water on the nearest surface then racing towards me. He carefully and calmly placed his hands around my own, ceasing my picking at the cork. “You’re far too upset to be making this sort of decision...”

“I denied myself so much because of him” I sobbed. “I thought I escaped and he still came looking for me... I need to sever all ties, this will do that”.

James squeezed his hands even tighter around my own, keeping them still, his warmth passing into my cold digits. “No Sam, this won’t do that…”

He held his face against my cold one, allowing more of his warmth to pass into me. “Through that logic, you’re no longer my Sam, because your body has changed. But that isn’t true, is it? You are my Sam, just because you wear a different body doesn’t change who you are…”

James slowly let go of my shaking hands. He then removed his top to reveal his bare sweaty chest, taking hold of me and hugging me close, his body heat enveloping me while I still clutched the vial.

“I think you separated ties with your father clearly enough back there, you were very brave, I’m proud of you.” He hugged me closer. “But the decision to drink that… to make your changes permanent. That has to come from love, that has to be because you genuinely love the new you… Not out of fear and anger”.

I looked down at the vial, my two little hands clutching it close to my scaly chest. Tears streamed from me more freely, they felt good. I handed James the vial.

“Thank you hun, thanks for trusting me. I’ll hang onto this until you can make the decision for the right reasons”.

With that we just lay together there on the floor, his warmth slowly refilling my cold reptilian body. I knew for certain then that I wasn’t confused, I knew exactly what I wanted, to spend the rest of my life with this man