A whistle but not like I know it...
Even though abby almost never takes out dogs when she goes on duty— there's a specific trainer that makes her more than happy to take out an extra pair of paws...
Cw: Abby anderson x dog trainer!reader, fluff, abby being down bad, alice the wingdog, Manny, authors note at the end (lmk if I need to add anything to this)
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Part 2
Another day, another patrol. Though Abby is used to the cycle, it never ceased to get her excited to feel the adrenaline pump through her body. This time, she's on duty with Manny— luckily since she doesn't have to worry about babysitting some other soldier, plus she has someone to joke around with.
As the two finish gearing up in their dorm, manny glances over his shoulder as he tries to unlock the door. "You probably wanna stop by the cages, huh?" He grins at her knowingly. Abby rolls her eyes, her ears faintly burning as she returns his grin with a glare, "Why would I wanna do that manny?" He shrugs, keys jingling as he finally gets the decades old lock to cooperate."Oh, I don't know— maybe that trainer you've been making eyes at all week?"
Abby furrows her brows "what the hell are you talking about...?" She gives him a puzzled look but he just shakes his head and exits the room— making sure to try close the door on Abby just to mess with her a bit. As the two trot down slippery stairs the view of the expansive stadium is all too familiar.
The whole of the WLF is up and running even as the sun barely peeks over the horizon; they don't have time to be wasting when there's a whole stadium worth of people needing to be fed. The whole WLF also includes: All the dog trainers and their fuzzy companions. Abby never really cared for the dogs— they were nice to have and play with, but she never really needed one, only took alice when mel was put on duty with her. However, these days she can't help but feel as her heart begins to jump when she hears the woofs and howls of excited dogs get louder whenever she nears the cages on her way out.
Manny, ever the dick— loudly announces the duo's presence to the whole cage, his arms stretching out as if lavishing in the attention of maybe 4 or 5 tired handlers. "Morning, you guys seemed to have a fun night—" He turns and looks at the one trainer before letting a hoarse chuckle. "What the hell happened to you guys anyway?" Which is followed by a grumble along the lines of "someone forgot to lock the cages…."
Abby just lingered in the corner, not particularly interested in Manny's idle chatter and/or badly-timed flirting.
"Hey Abby," the voice fell over her body like pure ice, and suddenly, she felt more awake than she has in years. Snapping her head to the source of the voice, she tries her best to casually greet back.
"...hey,"
But of course, things are never that easy.
No matter how much she's tried to deny her sudden interest, her body does not lie— and the a slight blush from earlier becomes an embarrassing veil of red over her cheeks and shoulders.
"You and manny heading out for patrol again?" Oh bless your soul, even after the less than enthusiastic greeting Abby gave you, you still put in the effort to create conversation while Manny harasses your colleagues. Abby hums, her eyes flicking to look at anything but you— which proves very hard when everything in her surroundings reminded her of you. After a few seconds and a couple of small heart palpitations, Abby finds her voice, "Yeah, uh... Manny thought to stop by the cages, might take one of the dogs with this time..."
She's quickly met with the reply, "Oh yea? I think Alice will be more than happy to join you guys out there. " A warm smile stretched your face— god, you look breathtaking. Even covered in sweat with your hair in disarray from the early morning rush. The sun still managed to kiss your skin in a way that had abby struggling to calm her racing pulse.
Said dog was in the open cage, probably to go out to the first group that got there, which luckily was Abby and Manny. As natural as breathing you whistle to call the sweet dog— a sound that Abby hears daily but this time it doesn't make her fear for an arrow flying at her head but it makes her heart warm unexpectedly. Nothing about it is particularly enjoyable, but the way it cut through the air had Abby shivering even under the warm blanket of sunlight. She felt goosebumps run up her arms and couldn't help the way her eyes instantly snapped to follow the source of the noise— your mouth.
Alice quickly skirts to your side, panting in anticipation and eyes locked on your face for a command as she presses tight into your side. Abby softly smiles at the hound— its eagerness feeling similar to her suppressed own. Who knows maybe in another timeline Abby would also bolt straight to you when you whistled for her. It takes Abby a few seconds to realise she got lost in her thoughts, only because she saw how you stared at her waiting for a reaction.
"U-uh, yea I'd— I mean we would be more than happy to take Alice" Oh gosh Abby, way to mess it up. The skin on her neck burnt in shame as she realised how badly she stumbled over her words.
The giggles that left your mouth didn't help Abby feel any better either. Even Alice stopped wagging her tail, staring at Abby like she could sense how big of a failure that sentence was. "Well it's a good thing I got her geared up before you guys got here. Hopefully she'll make duty a bit lighter on the two of you." With a light tap on Alice's back the dog surges to Abby, jumping up to give her a hug— probably out of pity. With a ruffle to the pups freshly brushed scruff Abby lets Alice down and looks at you for the sign out board.
Efficient as ever you stood, board already in hand writing down who took which dog, only stopping for abby to sign off. Which she does with quivering fingers that nearly drop the pen in the process.
A bark rips out from beside Abby and she feels her bones jolt in surprise. Glancing down she can see how Alice looks up at you, whining softly with a paw up wanting to do… something? "Aw Alice, what's wrong" Bending down, Abby gets a smell of your shampoo— which smells exactly like her pine soap. That's totally gonna be fun to think about later. As you get on eye level with the sweet pup she smacks the paw into your face with a yip. With a grumble you mutter a curse under your breath and have a small one on one with the hound just soft enough that Abby misses most of what was said. Abby sees Alice give you a lick on the cheek as you stand straight again and glance at Manny as he raps up his self humiliation. "Listen Abby…"
Abby stills, that tone couldn't be anything good considering it sounded like a parent about to tell their kid they found their "secret" stash. Your eyes flick to her face and for a moment to her pouty lips— but of course Abby doesn't see it like that. No no, to her it looks like you're looking at her like she has three heads. "I uh, was wondering if you had any plans—"
Just as the words leave your mouth Manny puts a heavy hand of Abby's shoulder, her body jostling from the impact.
"We don't wanna be late for patrol now, do we?"
Just the same as earlier Manny eyes her with that shit-eatting grin as her eyes widen at his appearance. Meanwhile Alice yelps and tries to butt away Manny's towering body.
Your words start to register in Abby's whirling mind and her jaw falls open, shock written all over her features. With Manny's hand pulling her away and a grumpy Alice barking at said man, Abby throws her head over her shoulder. Her eyes connect with your own and she swears her chest starts aching. You looked deflated, the exhaution become more noticeable with your now slumped posture.
Managing to gather up all the guts she could ever have she mouths back to you "I'll be back later" a wobbly smile pulling her lips up.
When she sees how you suddenly get the confidence back in your body she feels glad she said something. With a nonchalant smirk that doesn't quite match up with your reaction five seconds ago you mouth back "I'm counting on it" Accompanied by the small wave you offer her before turning around to your colleagues who have all started circling you with mischievous looks.
The steps she take to get out of the open cage are like walking on clouds. Alice let up on her harassment of Manny after seeing the interaction between Abby and her trainer. Manny also looks annoyingly impressed with himself.
"What the hell's with that look."
Abby however is not so impressed.
Manny almost just screwed up the chance of a lifetime for her. Especially since this is the first time she's gotten action since owen. "Relax abs, it's all in line with a great man's work," He huffs and pats her shoulder. "I saw you two getting it on. Just thought I'd help you along—" He crosses his arms with an air of triumph before getting softly shoved by Abby.
"Oh yea? And you decided to move it along by butting in and cutting our chat short?" She raised a brow at him, her lips tensed like an angry mom. He shakes his head with a snicker "Trust me. I was doing you a big favor, now she's gonna look forward to when you come back." Abby decides that maybe he's right, but she's still bitter about the abrupt ending to the first "real" conversation she had with the pretty trainer.
"Whatever man, you better hope your right about this, or else I'm making you do the dishes for the next week." She huffs and starts walking ahead of him, a chipper Alice trotting next to her. Manny jogs to catch up with the two.
"All I'm saying is, don't worry so much. Girls fawn over you all the time, even this one—"
"How the hell would you know that?"
"Lets just say her colleagues… like to gossip"
"…Of course that's what you were doing."
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Authors note:
Marie here ^^
I just wanna say thank you for reading this fic, it took alot of guts to post it on here. If you wanna you can lmk how you felt about the fic in the comments or in my asks— I'll gladly answer. Also I might make a part 2 for this butttt we'll see how the wind blows ;P
(Also this fic only exists because I'm running out for abby fics and decided I will make more for myself.)
Lots of love <3
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