Could we maybe get Tufflout for the recovery sex pls?
Sorry this took me so long to get to! Thank you for requesting! I adore Tufflout!
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Rated: mature
Warnings: implied/referenced child abuse
Pairings: Tuffnut/Snotlout
Word Count: 624
Summary: Snotlout isn't at all used to praise, and reacts badly when Tuffnut gives it to him.
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"Baby, you did so well."
Snotlout couldn't help it, but he cringed at Tuffnut's praise.
Tuffnut, curled naked against his back, noticed.
"Did I say something wrong?"
"It's, uh..." Snotlout didn't know how to explain. It was so messed up that he was cringing at being praised. He deserved it, didn't he? It had been his first time taking Tuffnut's cock, and he had done well. It had barely hurt! "It's the praise."
Tuffnut leaned on his elbow, rested his head on his fist. Snotlout was feeling brave enough to roll around to face him.
"You don't like praise?"
"I'm... not used to it." That was what Snotlout thought it was. "And any praise I get from my dad is usually when I do something that I didn't want to do."
Tuffnut furrowed his brow. "But I'm not your dad."
Snotlout laughed. "No, thank the gods!" He met Tuffnut's gaze, but then pulled his eyes away, feeling uncomfortable. He began tracing imaginary designs into his boyfriend's chest.
"He's really in your psyche," Tuffnut said. "That's messed up."
Snotlout shrugged. The more he was away from his father, the more he was learning that his treatment of him wasn't right. However, he didn't want to address it right now, not after having wonderful sex with his boyfriend.
Though, that was something that his father would certainly disapprove of: being with a man, and being argr, nonetheless.
"Do you want me to degrade you?" Tuffnut asked.
Snotlout laughed again, the sound much more forced and awkward this time. "Not really. Not when we're not fucking, at least."
"So you want me to degrade you when we're fucking?"
"I guess?" Snotlout felt weird saying it. He figured that it would be something he would like. "But that's not the issue right now."
Tuffnut sighed, taking Snotlout's hand off his chest. Snotlout just looked at their intertwined fingers instead of his eyes.
"Look, Snotlout, I mean what I said," Tuffnut said. "Bottoming isn't easy all the time. You took it like a champ."
Snotlout snorted.
"No, you did." Tuffnut put his other hand beneath Snotlout's chin, and Snotlout let him tip his head upwards. He met his eyes, and Tuffnut was looking uncharacteristically sincere. Then again, he could be serious and sincere and endearing. Snotlout had learned that while dating him. He wasn't all just jokes and feigned idiocy. "I'm sorry that you're having trouble with praise."
Snotlout's tongue felt thick in his mouth. No one had ever addressed it like that before.
"Th-thank you."
"We can work on it, you know," Tuffnut told him. He released his chin, ran his hand down over his arm. Snotlout tingled pleasantly at the touch. "You don't have to feel bad about praise."
Snotlout simply nodded. He wasn't quite sure what to say. Was that something he wanted to work on? Or was he just going to leave his father's damage where it was? It would certainly be easier to just leave it.
"But we don't have to do that now," Tuffnut said, noticing Snotlout's despondence at the idea. "For now... we can just cuddle."
Snotlout smiled as Tuffnut's arm wrapped around him and he was pulled close. He put his arms around Tuffnut's waist, buried his head against his shoulder. Tuffnut may joke about not bathing all that often, but really, he kept as clean as the rest of them. He smelled nice.
"Thanks, Tuff."
"Anything for you, my man."
Snotlout smiled, and snuggled closer to Tuffnut. For now, his father's damage could rest where it was, heavy in his chest. For now, he could pretend that he was okay, that there was nothing wrong and never had been. For now, he was with his boyfriend, and he loved him.














