Episode 5: I will be your rock.

“So, if you call me a sheep again, I’m leaving you.” Leo speaks the words playfully into the wolf's large white ears while rubbing at them.
Tracey flicks her ears just below his chin, not bothering to raise her head from his chest, content to continue to lay against him. “Your ultimatum has been received and the high council has unanimously rejected it as the bluff it obviously is.” The wolf huffs the words cheerfully and nuzzles at the rams chest. “Sheep...”
The two of them settled into a comfortable silence while holding one another. Tracey sighing happily as she snuggled into the ram’s strong chest, his hand ever present, stroking her ears and hair.
“So… did I do okay?” The ram finally asks her after several more moments.
The wolf lets out a soft laugh and looks up at him. “Really? Are you doing the whole ‘was it good for you’ thing?” She grins at him her tail thumping under the sheet.
“S-sorry! I just wanted to make sure you’re happy.” Leo blushed as he rubbed the back of his head, his other hand still stroking down Tracey’s hair gently.
“Yes, you did a great job. There, is your ego sufficiently stroked, you diva?” She growled the words playfully before settling back down onto his chest.
“It wasn’t an ego thing… I just want to make you happy, okay?” He fussed the words and resumed rubbing at her ears gently.
Tracey smiled and closed her eyes, drinking in the moment and nuzzling at the rams chest. “Yes, Leo. I’m happy. Though we may have many more like it, this particular moment will never come for us again, so let’s enjoy it.”
“How poetic, maybe I should have you help me with writing my next song.” He huffed the words softly into her ears, feeling her warm body resting against him.
“You should. We could start appealing to the edgy punk and rock crowds.” The wolf snorts the words out with a laugh.
Leo laughs at the words and grins at her. “You think so?”
Tracey grins and shifts up to look at him. “Yeah! You could be all dressed up like EB and say you love everyone, then I can jump out all leather and spikes and be like, ‘Except you assholes in section three, you guys can go die in a fire!’”
Both of them start laughing and then stare into one another's eyes. The wolf gives him another smile then looks away blushing. Leo leans in and softly kisses her cheek before moving up to whisper gently in her ear. “I’m really happy, happy I could make you smile again.”
She shivers at the words and climbs on top of him, sitting up and letting the sheets spill down her back as she looks down at the ram with a wide grin. Her body was fully exposed for him once more, scars and all. “You do a good job. I’ve smiled more in this time with you and Maximillian than I have in probably the last ten years.”
He lets out an excited huff at the view of his wolf before him, then sits up in the bed and wraps his arms around her. Tracey grin at his strong embrace, resting her fingertips on his hard chest. “I promise to always do my utmost to keep that smile on your face.”
The smaller dog droops her ears and blushes, looking away and giving another gentle smile in response to the words. “Leo… you’re such a fucking nerd...”
“And you like it...” The ram coos the words into her ear, his nails dragging gently down her bare back.
Tracey shivers and hugs closer to him, her tail starting to wag, a soft heated breath coming from her lips against his throat while she clings to him. “Ha… calm yourself my ram, we won’t have time and you know it… we’re due to stop any time now...”
“I can’t help myself, you’re just so damn sexy...” He huffs the words into the large set of white ears before him, fingertips now grabbing Tracey’s ass and pulling her body closer and upwards slightly, her hips jerking against his grip the young man’s eagerness obvious and brushing against her now.
“Ngh… Leo… stubborn...” The wolf pants the words as she grips his shoulders, feeling him grab her hips, grinding her against his newly invigorated length, feeling the tip prodding at her entrance. She clenched her teeth and drooped her ears feeling him rubbing it at her folds her own eagerness dripping down the length.
“You seem pretty eager for it too my wolf...” The ram grins as he looks into her eyes, gripping at her hips.
Tracey bites her lower lip and nods quickly, her body already burning up and wanting more of him. “Yes I’m starving for you!” She growls the words and grips his shoulder, moving a hand down between her to more accurately position him, then she pushes down impatiently and forces him into her clenching walls.
Leo lets out a soft throaty moan as the wolf mounts him and forces every inch back into her body, feeling himself push all the way in until he bumped deep inside her. He blinked into her shimmering pools of azure, seeing the hungry grin on the older wolf’s face, both her hands now resting on his shoulders, her hips grinding impatiently as she rode him.
“Ha… Leo… my sheep...” She bit her lower lip hard feeling herself already clenching and ready to give in. “No… you’re my sexy… beautiful ram… ha~” Tracey lets out a blissful moan and hugs tight to him, grunting and huffing softly against his throat as she gives in on him, his length throbbing and pulsing while she gently grinds her hips through her orgasm.
“That’s it my gorgeous wolf… ngh… let it out...” The ram pants the words gently into her large white ears while she nuzzles and feathers kissing along his throat.
Both their sets of ears perk slightly as the bus starts to slow and they feel the shift of them moving off the interstate. “Fuck… I wanted more of you...” Tracey snarls the words, her tail whipping about.
Leo grins at her and grabs her hips heavily. The wolf blinks at him in shock and feels him start to grind and push against her eagerly. “Th-then have a little more… don’t worry about me, I just want you to feel good!”
Tracey widened her eyes her tongue lolling out slightly as he bucks and ground under her intently, her small body shifting and bouncing in his lap while her nails dug into his chest. “Ha! A-are you high?! I- I’m not going to… huff! W-what about you?!”
The ram grins and leaves soft kisses on the wolf's cheek and up to her ear, his hips keeping a steady grinding rhythm feeling her growing tighter by the second. “I’m okay… one more for me… let me have one more from you, we can have more later...”
The wolf barks out her protest but her body wouldn’t listen to her and was eager to take the ram up on his offer. The dog grit her teeth, shivering at his soft kisses and his demanding length pumping inside her and prodding at her cervix. “S-stupid… ha… d-damn iiiitt...”
With a defeated moan she dug her nails hard into his chest, feeling herself crest once more, a heavy clench of her walls and more of her own lust covered her ram’s lap. Leo flinched slightly from the clench she gave him, then sighed out happily and moved a hand to stroke her hair while whispering into her ear softly. “That’s it… good girl… do you feel better my wolf?”
She bit her lower lip hard at being called a ‘good girl’ then blushed and nodded her head quickly, leaning into the crook of his throat and softly panting out with drooped ears, her body coming down from the orgasm induced high.
He sat there stroking the back of her hair and holding her gently in his arms, feeling her trembling ease until she calmed. Tracey growled in her throat and leaned back to look into his eyes, her cheeks a dark crimson. “Don’t do that again...”
“Do what? Call you a good girl?” The ram said with a playful grin.
“No!” Tracey barked and pushed on his chest, shoving him fully onto his back as she loomed over him blushing. “Don’t just please me without worrying about yourself! I want us both to enjoy it!”
Leo grinned up at her moving his fingertips over her flushed cheeks. “Silly dog… do you have any idea how much joy it brings me to please you? Far more than my own pleasure, I assure you.”
Tracey barked a little shocked huff at the words then folded her ears and growled. “I do not deserve that kind of treatment...”
“Well I say you do!” The ram fires back and huffed up at her. “Are we really gonna argue about this while you’re on top of me with my dick in you?”
“Yes we are!” The wolf growled the words and shoved her hips down hard into the ram’s lap, his ears folding as he huffs out. “Don’t treat me like some… huff… spoiled princess… huff...” Tracey was growling and panting at the same time now as she ground and pushed her hips down against her ram.
“It’s … it’s fine damn it! I wanna make you… happy... ngh...” The ram clenched his teeth feeling her push hard and grind him against her deepest areas, his tongue showing as he blinked up at her panting heavily. “Ha… ha… you’re...fucking amazing!”
The wolf gave him a hungry grin as she shifted her hips and rode him eagerly, her large white tail brushing his legs and feet while her walls grew tighter and tighter against him. “Ha… ha… I’m happy… thrilled… fucking ecstatic… you’re pretty great yourself...” She drooped her ears and lolled her tongue out as she gave in again, her walls locking down on him like a vice.
Leo winces then let out a throaty bleat as his body succumbed to her. He blinked up into her bright azure eyes gleaming with lust and satisfaction as he filled her again and again.
Tracey chewed on her lower lip, feeling herself growing warm and full, her own release now squeezing and encouraging her lover to give it all to her. “Oh fuck yes… that’s my ram… ngh… good boy...”
The ram groaned weakly as she ground her hips on him eagerly, making sure to get every drop he had. “Tracey… fuck...”
“See… I want you to be happy too… and maybe I needed one more too, who knows...” The wolf huffed the words lovingly, then hers and his ears both perked up as a knocking came from the bus doors.
“Leo, baby, you awake in there?” Max called out from the otherside.
Tracey clenched her teeth before barking out at the top of her lungs. “Fuck off Max, we’re busy!”
There was a loud squeak and then silence, the rat probably scurrying away at a quick pace. The wolf looked down at her ram and gave a confident huff through her nose. Leo stared up at her, his emerald eyes shining with adoration and moved a palm over her cheek. “Damn… you keep this up, I’m gonna fall in love...”

“So how many shows in the next city?” Tracey asked while popping a piece of soggy bread into her mouth and snapping it down with a famished growl.
“Just one this time, we only do two on weekends and at major cities.” Max said from across the booth they were sitting at. They were in a little country style restaurant attached to the truck stop they had stopped at for fuel and breaks.
Leo gave an eye roll while sipping on a glass of water, looking over at Tracey who was dunking her hunk of bread in her bowl of soup. She was positioned right beside him but her hips were pushed right up to his own, obviously showing how close they had become. “I think it’s silly to put on a show outside of the weekend, but the record company wants us pushing this new album.”
“Even on a Monday night you sell out the concert halls. It’s a testament to your talent Leo, baby!” Max chirps the words with a grin and clenches his fists.
Tracey rolled her eyes and snapped up the last of her bread before grabbing the bowl of soup and drinking it straight from the side of the bowl, not unlike how a little kid might.
“You were really hungry, eh Tracey?” Max spoke the words with a smile.
The wolf set her bowl down and huffed out in satisfaction. Her ears lifted at the rats words and looked over at Leo. “Gee, I wonder why?”
“H-hey don’t go blaming me in full, pretty sure you had a hand in this as well!” The ram blushed and snatched a roll from the basked, chewing on it with a grumble.
Max looked between the two with a knowing smile but said nothing, taking a roll for himself.
The waitress finally came with the main dishes for the three of them. A vegetable burger for Leo with a side of fries, an alfredo pasta dish with shrimp for Max, and a chicken fried steak with gravy for Tracey.
The wolf perked her ears excitedly at the food and was already cutting into the steak the second the plate hit the table. “I haven’t had one of these in so long!” The wolf popped a bite into her mouth and thrashed her tail about happily while chewing.
Max and Leo both looked at her as she was tearing into the steak. The wolf finished her bite her cheeks turning a bit darker before she huffed out in defense. “W-what, Why the look? Meat’s all lab grown now anyway!”
Leo smiled and took his napkin to dab a bit of gravy from her cheek. “I just think it's really cute how happy you look eating it. I had snacks in the fridge if you were so hungry.”
Tracey grunted gently at him wiping her cheek and drooped her ears blushing once more before turning back to her food for another bite. Max grinned and shook his head. “I was thinking how cute you looked as well, no worries.”
Leo fixed the rat with a glare and huffed. “You’re looking at my wolf like that?”
Tracey barked out at the defensive words in his voice and Max looked utterly flabbergasted to even hear them. “Whoa! Hang on now, it wasn’t meant like that. W-wait are you guys already that serious?!”
Tracey looked to Max then to Leo while chewing, then swallowed her bite and huffed out. “Good question. You talk a big game when we’re alone, but how do you feel about it in front of your friend? How will you feel in front of your fans?”
“Maybe I do feel that seriously! I will tell the word how I feel if I have to!” Leo exclaimed dramatically.
Max flinched at the words and Tracey snorted through her nose. “Leo, baby… I don’t think-”
“You’re an idiot.” Tracey barked the words pointedly as she scooped up some mashed potatoes and snapped them up.
“What?! Why would you say that?” Leo huffed the words, the hurt in his voice plainly obvious.
Tracey fixed him with a calculated look. “Do you enjoy your career.. MY ram?” She said the ‘my ram’ part to ease the tension for him.
“Of course I do… I love my fans!” Leo spoke the words defensively.
Tracey huffed and nodded to max. “He doesn’t get it, you explain it to him.”
Max drummed his fingertips. “Leo, baby. I don’t think you should let your relationship be an open thing to the public.”
“Why not?!” Leo snapped back, heat showing in his voice.
“Because 90% of your fanbase are teenage girls or very young women that want to have sex with you and probably masturbate to you on a nightly basis.” The wolf barked the words dryly while cutting another hunk of meat and popping it into her mouth.
Leo grew silent and looked awkward as the table took on a quiet air while Tracey chewed on her food. The wolf gulped down the bite and gave the ram a flat look. “I need to stay invisible. If your fans knew you were dating someone, it would cripple your popularity.”
“That can’t be true! Max! Tell her there’s no way that could happen!” The ram grumbled the words and glared over at the rat.
Max hissed through his teeth and rubbed at his shoulder. “No, Leo. She is dead on with that one. Your sex appeal sells just as much as your music does.”
The ram looked down at his plate of food quietly and said nothing. Tracey shrugged and put her fork down and moved her hand on top of his. “It’s okay, Leo. Do you mean it when you say you care and want me in your life?”
He looks back at her, feeling her warm hand on his and shakes his head. “You damn well know I mean it, more than anything else! And I would happily giv-”
Tracey put her fingertips to his mouth with her other hand, then leaned in and gave him a quick peck on the lips. “That’s enough for me, I don’t need you to give up jack shit for me.”
Leo huffed out gently at her kiss, her lips tasting of tomato soup and steak. “Y-yeah… but it feels unfair to you to do that!”
Giving him a flat look the wolf returned to her meal, cutting off another bite and chomping it down. She took her sweet time and even drank a sip of her tea before speaking again. “Look sheep. I get it, I like you too… but let’s look at reality. I’ve been in your life three days and we’ve had sex twice. Let’s make it a few weeks before you consider how relevant I am.”
“You’re already relevant as fuck to me!” The idol snaps out sharply.
“I believe you. I honestly believe you, ram. Don’t think for a second I don’t adore the idea of being with you. You’ve made me smile more than anyone has in years. Maximillian too.” She nods at the small rat in front of them. Max’s ears perking up, a little grin showing on his face.
The wolf sighs and folds her hands in her lap and looks at the ram. “Your career though… you’re already on a time limit here and you know it. Yes I want to be with you, but I’m not going anywhere. Let’s see if we’re still going strong in the future, a few months, a year from now. Then you worry about proclaiming your love for me or some shit. Wait until your fans have moved on to the newest seventeen year old pop star on the block.”
Leo blushed and looked away, then lifted his ears and looked at Max. “What does she mean borrowed time?!”
Max was in the middle of a bite of his own food when he choked a bit and forced it down. “Leo, baby… what she is saying is uh… well you see...”
“When I was a horny teenager, I loved New Kits on the Street. They were such cute little dogs...” Tracey spoke the words fondly. “Jimmy was my favorite. Sixteen year old me would of dropped my panties and assumed the position for him in a heartbeat!”
Both Leo and Max blinked at the words, Leo looking a little irritated at the commentary. Tracey pointed at him and flicked an ear up. “Until it came out he had a girlfriend… then the posters went in the trash and my CD’s went in the dumpster, in pieces.”
Max nodded his head solemnly at the words. Tracey scooped up more potatoes to snap down then continued further. “Seventeen year old me adored N’tune. Nineteen year old edgy me got bored with boy bands and moved on to Deervana.” The wolf sipped her tea and sighed. “Anything past that is sloppy and you know about already...”
“So what the two of you are saying, is my career is doomed to fail no matter what I do!” Leo growled the words an edge to his voice.
“No, baby. What we’re saying is you’re at the pinnacle of it!” 
“Right!” The wolf nodded. “You could walk away now and have seen more success at twenty than most people see in a lifetime.”
“Your career can keep going long into the future if you keep loving your fans and making the amazing music you do, but this is as good as it gets right here, you’ve hit your stride and you’re basking in the limelight!” The rat clenches his fists as he huffs out excitedly.
“I’m not going anywhere Leo, not if you treat me well anyway. Fuck me if I’m not more worried about you getting bored with my old ass.” Tracey shrugs as she cuts her steak into two more bites and pops one in her mouth.
“You’re not old Tracey!” Leo huffs the words and then rubs the back of his head. “I just feel so awful hiding you like that...”
“Then wait until you’re not making top 10’s to tell the world about me, we should be going strong by then if we’re still together.” The wolf stabs the last hunk of gravy covered meat and grins as she offers it to the ram.
Leo blinks at it and looks a little hesitant. The wolf droops her ears and huffs out. “It’s not real meat you sissy, open up!” The ram hesitantly opens his mouth and she shoves the bite in. Tracey grins and watches the look on his face and the internal struggle of chewing and swallowing it. “I mean really, everything is lab grown and fully digestible regardless of your plumbing these days. Not like they carved that off one of your distant cousins.”
“I’m glad you understand his position and worry about his career Tracey, I know it’s a very unfair thing to ask you to accept.” Max frowns as he looks over at her.
The wolf drinks more of her tea and sighs happily, the hot earl gray soothing and making her think of good times, then she blinks her eyes open and gives the rat a gentle smile, realizing she was still enjoying good times while drinking it now too. “It’s no problem, I get how it works, having him is enough for me, I don’t need to brag about it.”
The ram blushes at her words and flicks his tail about gently before looking down. “I really don’t deserve either of you guys… What about you Max?”
The rat cocks an eyebrow at his name. “What about me?”
“Will you and I go our separate ways once my limelight is over?” The ram asks the question, a little bit of worry creeping into his voice.
The rat gives a wide grin and puts his hands on his hips. “Leo, baby… I’m Blue’s biggest fan, but Leonard is my best friend. So long as you stay in the biz and you want to have me, I’m here as your manager, regardless of what we’re doing and your stage name is.”
With a grunt Leo looks away, feeling the words hit him hard. Tracey snorts and then sips more of her tea. “Nerds...”

After their dinner at the truck stop and another quick shower. Tracey and Leo were back on the bus. There wouldn’t be any more stops until morning now.
They didn’t try for a third session tonight, the two of them simply piled up on the small sofa and watched a movie together. Tracey watched it while laying her head in his lap, his hand ever present, stroking her hair and ears lovingly.
It was a new experience for her in a lot of ways. She had never had anything before taking her job other than one failed relationship when she was nineteen. After that it was just a very rare casual thing to scratch the itch when it got too bad and that had been years ago.
This ram though, here he was stroking her hair, petting her ears, and watching a movie with her. They had shared meals together, and even watched baseball together. Little things she was sure most couples had gotten used to and never cared about anymore. It all felt so good and it all felt so right. 
She rolled over onto her back looking up at him, blinking her azure eyes as he looked down smiling, his own emerald eyes sparkling and looking so happy to have her with him. She offered her own gentle smile and closed her eyes, feeling him fondle and stroke at her ears, fingering at the silver hoop in the chipped one.
Maybe it would work or maybe being the young man that he was, he would get bored of her and find something else soon enough. She had considered it, but right now in this moment, it didn’t matter. Right now for the first time in almost ten years, she felt happy and wanted to relish it.

The bus was filled with the low audible rumble of the engine and the sound of the tires on the asphalt of the interstate. The sound had lulled her to sleep fairly easily. Then a loud heavy crack of thunder boomed out while they were driving through the big empty plains.
Tracey’s ears shot up and she let out a soft gasp, her breath hot on his chest where she had been clinging to him asleep. She blinked her eyes open in the darkness of the little makeshift bedroom. The curtain was drawn but she could still see the flash of lightning fill the bus interior from time to time. Heavy sheets of rain were pouring against the vehicle and she could hear the raindrops beating down on the roof.
Gritting her teeth the wolf clung tighter to the ram, his scent strong in her nose, she nuzzled against him feeling her eyes burn as old memories started rushing in once more, even through this perfect moment of laying in bed, their naked bodies pressed together, warm and secure. Even then it was coming back up to torment her.
A heavy hand reached up and settled on her head and ears. Tracey gave a shocked huff in response, then felt her tension melt away as the familiar sensation of him rubbing her ears and stroking her hair ensued. She eased her shoulders, her arms relaxing her hug slightly.
Several moments of gentle petting ensued before she heard his voice call out in the shadows and the flashes of lightning. “Afraid of storms?”
With a faint shake of her head against his hand and chest she spoke out softly. “No… I just hate the rain… brings back bad memories...”
“Helen was her name… yeah?” He spoke the words gently feeling Tracey flinch at the mention of her name. He started running his fingertips through her hair now, trailing them down along the mussed braid that moved down her back.
“Yes...” Tracey clung to him pushing closer and resting her head on his shoulder now, her breath gentle and warm against his throat while he stroked her hair.
“Tell me about her. What did you two do together on the bus to kill time?” Leo prodded at the wolf for her to talk.
Tracey clenched her teeth and folded her ears, she didn’t want to do this, she never wanted to talk about her. The memories were precious and painful. “I uh...”
“I won’t force you to… I just thought, maybe talking about the good times, would help you feel better.” Leo’s voice spoke out in the darkness again, another heavy rumble of thunder filling the plains the bus was driving through.
Tracey grit her teeth and huffed out in an irritated tone, finally she spoke out. “No… I want to, she was such a good and kind woman. W-well… first off you gotta remember that during this time, technology wasn’t nearly as wide spread. Sure we had cell phones and satellite, but outside of big cities they were pretty useless and so we had to just deal with keeping ourselves entertained.”
The wolf talked about her year on the road with the older wolf. The awkwardness of working with someone so much older at first, then the bond they formed as it developed. She talked about doing Helen’s makeup for her, and the older wolf brushing her hair and braiding it. She talked about the late nights talking about life. She spoke fondly of Helen’s husband and son, even though they died when Tracey was still a puppy. The stories Helen told her of them made it feel like she had known them herself. She talked about Helen’s car when she was younger and talked about their tea times together.
Leo grinned and held her against his chest, rubbing her ears and stroking her hair. The wolf just kept talking about her friend, he could feel the tears on his chest and shoulder while she spoke, occasionally a soft gasp as she tried to fight back a bit of a sob.
Tracey talked for a good half hour about things with him, then slumped her head against his shoulder and let out a ragged sigh. “I… I couldn’t… I was too weak and too stupid when it mattered most… should of just… dove on her.”
“The time you took to turn and pounce… she probably would of taken the hits that went in your shoulder and thigh. She was smaller than you, yeah? Probably would of been a chest or head shot.” The ram spoke the words with a calculated tone.
“T-then I should of just dove on his ass from the stage!” Tracey snarled the words, heat filling her voice now.
“Sounds like he was still pretty far back, could you have launched yourself ten to fifteen feet out, flat footed without a running start? Even if you could… if turning and pouncing was too much time, how much time would THAT have taken?” Again his words came out sharp and pointedly.
“Then I should of noticed him sooner!” Her words were hot and angry now and he could feel her nails digging into his skin.
“In a crowd of several hundred maybe even over a thousand?! Get real! Seeing him at all was a testament to your ability!” Again the words were sharp and emotionless.
Now Tracey was growling and she climbed on top of him, shoving her palms against his shoulder and glaring down at him in the low light of the dark room, lightning filling the bus with flashes of blue light clearly showing the streaks of tears cascading down her cheeks. “Why the fuck are you doing this? Are you trying to piss me off?!”
“No, of course I’m not!” Leo growls the words back then moves to grip her wrists. He shifts his weight and rolls the wolf over, pinning her arms above her head and looking down at her.
“Let me go, sheep!” The wolf snarled the words, her teeth showing now.
“Give me a break, Tracey, we both know you could over power me without a problem, free yourself if you don’t like it!” He huffed the words then gripped her wrists tighter and looked down at her. “You beat yourself up, you replay the moment and think of all the situations you could have done differently, but you don’t play out the counter to those in your mind. You think I don’t do the same thing with my little brother?!”
The wolf clenched her teeth, looking furious, then her gaze softening and her eyes looking away at the mention of his own loss. Leo continued as he held her there. “It’s easy to imagine us in the situation with clairvoyance or having super powers. The reality is you had one out of a dozen choices to make, you chose one, and all the other choices may have ended the same.”
Tracey grunted and closed her eyes tightly. “I know that… I just… I miss her so much, Leo!”
“And I miss my brother! B-but…” Leo grit his teeth and gave a ragged sigh, calming his own emotions before leaning over his wolf and releasing her wrist, sliding his palm over her cheek, feeling the tears against his fingertips. “You’re a wonderful friend and a beautiful granddaughter to her… Helen had nothing before you came along other than her dream… No husband, no children… You gave her something she probably thought she would never get again, and… in the end she chose you over her own dream, her own life's ambition...”
The wolf flicked her ears up sharply, the words ringing in her mind, dragging her back to a time years ago, a judge and a bailiff telling her the same thing. Telling her how Helen had given up her dream to save her life. Tracey knew Helen would still be alive had she not pushed her away at that critical moment. She also knew she herself would be very much dead right now had that not happened as well.
Tracey barked out in a low sob and grabbed Leo and pulled him down against her. The ram huffed out and wrapped his arms around her neck, holding her head against his chest while she cried both in sadness and anger over the whole situation. He just kept stroking her hair, saying nothing as she sobbed and sniffled against his chest.
Several moments of tears and huffs later, Tracey felt her embrace ease and she shuddered gently before speaking out. “Why…?”
“Because I want to help you bare your problems. I will be your rock, Tracey. I can handle it.” The ram speaks the words into her large white ears while holding her against his chest, feeling her hand resting gently on his hips.
“You’re… you’re such a fucking nerd, Leo… Do these lines… really work for you?” She sniffles the words and pulls from his chest, wiping her eyes with the sheets before blinking up at him in the low light of the bedroom.
“Well it got me a hot little wolf, so there’s that… yeah I guess they do.” The ram huffs the words playfully while brushing her cheek and moving in for a brief soft kiss.
Tracey huffs out at the soft kiss and folds her ears, wrapping her arms around the ram’s neck. She pushes her lips hard against his own, kissing him fervently, with a desperate desire to taste him and feel his heat on her body.
Leo returns the kiss with equal vigor and moves his hands over her cheeks, sliding them back into her hair to grip at it before breaking the kiss and looking into his wolf’s wet blue eyes. “I will be here for you… I know it’s not been long, but you can trust me with your burdens, I mean it...”
She nods her head a few times, gripping at his shoulders before shoving her mouth back against his own, wanting to just turn her brain off and just be with him. The ram was all too eager to oblige her, returning the kiss eagerly while holding her close to him.
The night went on and then morning slowly broke to a wet but mostly clear day.

Tracey let out a groan of disapproval as the bus lurched to a stop. She nuzzled her head against Leo’s chest, not wanting to move yet. She felt his hand on her head once more petting and stroking her hair. She sighed happily and felt herself drifting back into slumber.
A loud banging on the side of the bus made the wolf's ears spring up and pulled her from her slumber the split second it began. She snarled and climbed off Leo’s body, her tail whipping about furiously as she jerked the curtain open and started to stomp over to the door.
“Hey, Tracey! Shouldn’t you put some clothes on before you kill Max?” Leo huffed the words out at her playfully.
The wolf stopped and glared back at the ram before snatching up her panties that had somehow ended up draped over the TV last night. Pulling them on she quickly looked around and found Leo’s discarded t shirt and tugged it on, the hem coming down just past her thighs and covering the panties.
Another bang on the door and Tracey wrenched it open glaring down furiously at the small rat while wearing just the ram’s t shirt and her panties. “Good morning Maximillian, lovely day for your funeral isn’t it?” The wolf growls the words through clenched teeth.
Max squeaks and hops back a step. “S-sorry, Tracey! Leo likes it when I uh… wake him up when we arrive, so he can… you know get breakfast and shower...”
“Well I don’t! Piss off!” The wolf barks the words and the rat squeaks and scurries away. Tracey growls and slams the folding doors shut and thrashes her tail about.
“Scary...” Leo calls out in a sing-song voice while tugging his boxers back on.
“Don’t test me, ram! Unless you’ve got coffee for me, fuck off and let me wake up!” The wolf growls the words and stomps about the bus gathering her pants and pulling them on.
The ram slips up behind her while her back is turned and hugs her up suddenly, resetting his hands on her hips. “You… are so fucking cute when you’re stomping around fussing like this...” He puffs the words into her large white ear playfully.
“You… have awful taste in women!” Tracey huffs the words but blushes all the same before bumping him with her hip to dislodge him from hugging her and turns to face him, her cheeks slightly darker as she huffs and puts her hands on her own hips.
“Think so?” The ram calls out playfully walking over to the mini fridge and opening it up.
“I know so! Who would like a cranky bitch like me?” Tracey grumbles the words as she finds her discarded bra and peels Leo’s shirt off to tug it on.
“I do. I like everything about you, the good and the bad.” The idol speaks the words and tosses her a bottle.
Tracey catches the small bottle of cold brew coffee in her off hand and snorts at it while standing there in her bra. “What kind of neanderthal drinks cold coffee willingly?” The wolf growls the words and pulls the ram’s shirt back on now that she had a bra, then uncaps the coffee and takes a gulp of it, the grimace on her face showing her disapproval of the temperature.
“Well when you’re stuck on a bus and you need your fix, you take what you can get. Cold brew coffee has helped me through many a late practice session or song writing endeavor over the years.”
Tracey drinks more of the coffee, eager to get the caffeine in her and perks her ears at his words. “Hmm… sitting here all alone working on lyrics or practicing? I could see the need for caffeine.”
Leo gives a grin as he sees she had pulled his shirt back on, claiming it for herself. “Well Max would be in here with me helping a lot of those nights.”
Tracey looks away in thought at those words, then gives the wolf a smile and wags a finger at him. “Treasure those memories with him, my ram. I wish I had.”
“You treasure them now, that’s what matters the most, Tracey.” He sauntered over to the wolf and grabs the front of his shirt she was wearing, jerking her forward and kissing her lips briefly, tasting the coffee on them. “Now give me back my shirt!”
She grins wide after the kiss and jerks from his grip wagging her tail and huffing out as she quickly snatches her duffle bag. “Your request has been received and rejected by the high council. The possession of the shirt shall be retained!” The wolf barked the words lovingly as she hopped off the bus.
“You keep using that line, yet me and Max are the nerds?!” The ram huffs out with a laugh moving to the exit of the bus, the wolf grinning at him from the parking lot. A soft breeze picked up tossing her bangs about along with the stray hair that had come out of her braid. 
Leo stood there on the last step of the tour bus looking upon her, the morning sunlight making her white hair almost look like it was aglow. Her azure eyes seemed to sparkle and shimmer like the sky above them. The wolf gave him an adoring smile, putting her duffle bag behind her as she stepped away slowly. “See you at breakfast, Leo, my ram.” Spinning on her heel she quickly trotted into the travel center for her morning shower.

Tracey found her way into the restaurant after her shower, a fresh pair of black jeans on and still wearing Leo’s shirt. Of course she had put a clean bra and her own smaller shirt on beneath it, she didn’t intend to wear it all day, just tease him about it. She opted for her workout sneakers instead of her boots since they would still just be traveling for most of the day.
She spotted Max sitting at a booth alone sipping some coffee and nibbling on an omelette. Moving over to slide up into the seat across from him she spoke out cheerfully. “Good morning, Maximillian. How are you doing?”
The rat didn’t seem shocked at all at her approach, he probably smelled her coming the moment she walked into the restaurant. “Good morning, Tracey… uh… are we cool?” He looked up a little hesitant at the wolf.
“Yeah, sorry I’m just a super bitch if I get woken up without coffee.” The wolf perked her ears as a waitress came by and threw a finger up. “Coffee please, hot… please for the love of gawd hot. Also the meat lovers omelette plate~”
Max grinned at the wolf as he set his mug down and looked about. “Leo is still probably showering, it’s rare for me and you to have time together like this alone.”
Tracey grinned at the rat, her sharp teeth showing, her still faintly damp ears springing up. “Maximillian… is this about to be a confession? What about your wife and kids?”
The idol’s manager almost spit his coffee out before coughing and snorting. Tracey grinned at the reaction and the rat gave her what looked like a slight glare, the first look of irritation she had ever seen on his face. “R-really Tracey!” He huffs out to catch his breath after a few more coughs and seems to take on his regular look once again.
“Sorry about that.” The wolf growls the words playfully, her ears perking as the waitress returns with a mug of coffee for her. Her tail wags furiously as she grabs the cream off the table and dumps a generous helping in, stirring it before taking an eager sip.
“Erm… anyway...” The rat clears his throat, taking another sip of his own coffee before giving Tracey a fixed look. “So about tonight’s show. We’re going to pretty much be hitting the door, getting ready and then on stage.”
“Hmm… that quick eh?” The wolf thinks about it and cuts her eyes to the shower area, waiting to see if Leo was coming out or not.
“Well I did say it was a tight window to get there.” Max looks down at his coffee and huffs out, hesitation showing on his face.
“Something you need to talk to me about, Maximillian?” Tracey quirks a brow and lifts her ears, seeing the struggle on the rats face.
“Y-yes.” Max looks up at her and flicks his tail. “About your relationship...”
The wolf takes a long draw of her coffee and sets it down before fixing the rat with an all business like look. Her hands fold on the table and she huffs out gently. “Alright, let’s hear it.”
“I just… uh… will this be okay? Are you going to be okay?” He grits his teeth and rubs the back of his head. “I’m happy for you guys, I’m thrilled to see Leo so happy… he deserves it, but...”
“I know what you’re getting at Max, and relax. I’m a professional first and his lover second when it comes to the show. There will be zero PDA and if I have to deal with someone, it will not become personal. I’m not gonna break some poor fan girls arm and get the record label sued.”
The rat let out a relieved sigh and gave a nod. “Thanks… uhm… I’m sorry that-”
“Fuck you, Max. We already went over this, I’m cool with it and you know it. I don’t want to cause you problems anymore than I do him.” The wolf barks the words playfully and reaches around to slap a hand gently on the rat’s shoulder, giving him a reassuring grin.
Max flinches a little at the touch then nods quickly a small smile on his face. “T-thanks Tracey, it’s been a short while, less than a week, but I really do think we could be good friends by the time this is over.”
The wolf gives the rat a wide toothy grin and sees the ram approaching out of the corner of her eye. “So… tell me about your wife and kids?”
Max puffs his chest up and sits up straight before quickly grabbing his phone and opening the photo gallery. “Well! This is my wife Joanne! We’ve been together for twelve years now! This is our oldest daughter, named after her mother...”
Leo walks over and sees the rat leaning over the table showing off pictures, his pink tail whipping about against the seat rapidly. Leo grimaces and puts a hand to his face. “For fuck sakes, Tracey. Did you ask him about his family? We’re gonna be here all day!”
“Be nice Leo, I want to get to know Maximillian better.” The wolf gives the ram a gentle smile and scoots over to give him room to sit next to her.
“No really… we’re gonna be here all day, he’s got like a dozen kids!” The ram groans and rolls his eyes before sliding up next to the wolf..
Max huffs and gives the ram a fussy look, the first time he had ever shown any sort of attitude towards the idol that she had seen. “It’s eight and you know it, Leo baby!”
“Eight? That’s impressive, you must love your wife very much Max!” The wolf barks the words and gives him a playful grin.
The rat grins and flicks his tail, his cheeks blushing as he looks away. “She is the light of my life… Oh this is our youngest boy, just turned one before we began the tour.”
“How cute, he’s all pink still!” The wolf barks the words and grins at the photo. “What’s his name?”
Max huffs proudly. “Leonard.”
Leo looks away his cheeks flushed as Tracey grins at him. “Nice… that’s a hell of a testament to your friendship… are you his god parent or something, Leo?”
“Y-yeah, but it’s no big deal!” He huffs and flags down the waitress to make his own order.
Tracey grins and leans into the ram, puffing into his drooped ear in a soft whisper only he could hear. “Guess this means one of our puppies needs to be named Maximillian, eh?”
The ram felt his heart lurch to a stop and his blood run cold. He hadn’t thought about the concept in all the fervor of sex and emotions that had been his life for the last few days. “Y-you… w-what?! Uh… M-max! We will be right back!”
The ram grabbed Tracey by the wrist and the wolf gave the rat a playful grin as he tugged her along. He pulled her into one of the hallways of the truckstop near the gameroom where no one was around.
Leo looked at her with fear in his eyes and huffed out in a panic. “W-what… the fuck?! A-are you...”
“No stupid!” Tracey laughed and put her hands on her hips. “Is that what you thought?” The wolf grinned at him, her eyes shining now with playfulness. “It was just a theoretical question. Even if I was it would be too early to know!”
The ram leaned against the wall with a huff, feeling his tension ease as he held his hand against his head, fingertips brushing his right most horn as he sighed. “You scared the hell out of me… wait… too early to know?!”
The wolf turned from him and put her hands on the wall, pushing her ass out slightly, letting him get a good look at her butt through her black jeans, her tail wagging gently. “Well… you were eager to play with this doggy, but you didn’t think of the possible consequences? I’m only thirty Leo, still more than capable~”
His cheeks flushed at the posture she assumed watching her tail wag, her butt round and lovely in the black jeans. “Y-yeah I just...”
Tracey rolled her eyes and pushed off the wall, shoving her ass into his crotch and pressing her back into his chest. She leaned up against him and pushes a palm up to rest upon his cheek, growling against his throat as she felt his hands circle around and gently rest on her hips. “Relax my ram… Lucky for you I don’t like to have cycles, so I keep up on the birth control since it keeps that at bay.”
The ram relaxed his shoulders and huffed down into her freshly washed hair, squeezing her hips gently. “Ha… I thought I saw my life flashed before my eyes.”
“It does not however… prevent my seasonal heat.” Tracey growled the words as she pushed from the ram’s arms and moved to face him again.
“Heat?” The ram asked curiously. He knew what it was in theory but had never actually been around a woman when it was happening, at least not that they talked about it.
“Hmm… yeah, will be due in a week maybe… two tops...” Tracey growled and folded her ears, looking at the ram with a hungry grin. “I’ve always controlled it in the past because I didn’t have a mate, but since I have you… I might get a little… ravenous~”
Leo gave her a wide excited grin and flicked his tail about eagerly. “Ha… let’s see you keep that goofy grin when I’m waking you up in the middle of the night for it every day of that week.” The wolf hums the words as she moves in and leans up on her toes, kissing her ram softly on the lips.
“Will you really be that bad off? Will it still be safe to do it then?” He huffs the words against her lips, moving in and starting to kiss down her throat, his hands moving to grab her hips once more.
The wolf grins and tilts her head, smelling his eagerness on him. “Yes it will be that bad, will it be safe? Well no… it won’t be safe for you, I’m going to wear you out, but you won’t have to worry about puppies or little sheep.”
The ram circled his hands around to grab her ass she had been showing off to him, pulling her body closer. The wolf grinned and pushed into him, seeing a few truck drivers giving them awkward looks as they passed the hallway. “I mean if you wanna get that serious I could stop taking it that week...”
“N-no of course not!” He huffs out against her throat and forces himself to pull from her, recalling he was in public. “I mean… do you want that?”
The wolf gave the ram a grin and turned from him, flicking her tail. “Only thing I need right now is you, Leo. Like I said the other night with the whole relationship thing. Let’s see how we look when you’re done touring, give it several months to a year. For now let me just enjoy my time with you.”
He pushed up to her back and held her close to him in a long gentle hug, huffing softly into her large ears, taking in her scent and warmth and trying to relish in the moment. The wolf folded her ears and let him hold her, enjoying his secure arms and letting out her own pleased sigh.
A few moments passed and Tracey felt her stomach grumble before she pulled from his grip and gave him a hungry grin. “Okay asshole, that’s enough of that mushy stuff, I want my omelette.” The wolf gripped his hand and cheerfully wagged her tail as she tugged her mate back to the restaurant with her.
Returning to the table with Leo in tow, Tracey’s tail started thrashing furiously at the plate of food waiting for her. “I need to start working out on the bus, all this restaurant food is going to kill my figure!” The wolf barked the words, already seated and cutting into the eggs and meat.
“Well you could order more healthy things.” The ram gave her a playful smile as he sat down to his more modest bowl of oatmeal and some juice.
“Look sheep, oats and grains don’t keep the muscle on. You want your bodyguard kicking ass properly, let me have my protein!” The dog barked the words happily and snapped up some more of her breakfast before pausing to reach over and pluck the glass of juice from Leo and take a sip of it.
He watches her take a hit of his juice before taking it back after she sat it down and takes a sip on the same side of the glass her lips were on. The wolf gave him a coy smile, scooting a little closer to him, letting her leg and hip push up against his own while she ate.
“After the show tonight, we’re overnighting in a hotel again, then leaving in the morning. You could always use the hotel’s gym.” Max chimes in while getting back to his now mostly cold breakfast he had been working on before Tracey arrived.
“That’s a good idea, I will look into that.” Tracey smiles at his suggestion before going back to her food.
“Actually...” The manager crosses his arms in thought for a few moments before raising a finger. “If you can make me a list, I could always pick up a small supply of workout items for the bus. You know some dumbbells or something?”
“Oh! Is that possible? I mean is it okay?” Tracey perked her ears up and looked over at Leo.
“Well… there is plenty of space I don’t use. I don’t see how a small little stack of workout items would hurt anything. We’re sharing the space now so it seems fair.” The ram spoke the words while nibbling on his oats.
“Hm...” Tracey gives the younger man a grin. “It’s almost like we moved in together.”
Max snorted out a laugh through a bite of his own omelette. “She has a point, Leo baby.”
The ram blushed at the thought of it and looked down at his food for a moment before looking back to the rat and giving him a haughty look. “Are you planning to join in on her teasing the shit out of me Max?”
The rat gave the ram a toothy grin and flicked his tail. “Maybe I will… maybe I will...” Max huffed the words playfully and slid out of the booth, putting a ten dollar bill on the table for a tip before trotting past Leo and giving his shoulder a heavy clap. “We’re still on a tight deadline, Leo baby. Don’t spend too much time on breakfast.”
The ram grunted at the words and started eating his food once more. Tracey grinned and leaned in comfortably. “Max seems to be getting more confident around you since I came along.”
Leo sipped his juice and huffed out. “Yeah… he’s acting more himself since I’ve been being less of an asshole.”
Tracey perked her ears at that. “Oh? You mean you weren’t always a fussy little diva? Here and I thought my love for you had made you a better person.” The wolf sighed dramatically and forced her ears down in a heavy sag.
He snorted and reached over to tug one of the ears back up before puffing into it with a hot breath. Tracey yipped and gave him a playful smile. “Anyway… between the stress of the tour and other things. I guess I kind of just lost my own self as well.”
“Oooh… so I’m starting to see the real Leo now eh? The diva was as you said… a deflection to protect you from getting hurt eh?” Tracey prodded him gently with her elbow while snapping up another bite of her food.
“I… yeah I guess we’ve been playing therapist on each other since the onset, huh?” The ram smiled at her and watched her eat for a moment, enjoying the view of her being so down to earth with him.
“We’re both a fucked up mess… but who isn’t?” Tracey finished her food then gave him a level look and quirked an ear. “Now the question is… who or what hurt you, to make you put that shield up to begin with?”
Leo sucked in a breath through his teeth, hesitating to speak before prodding at his mostly empty bowl with the spoon he was holding. “Ah… yeah about that… well we can talk about it later.”
“Oh rest assured we will, sheep.” Tracey huffed the words while sipping down the rest of her coffee. “After the way you aggressively rode my ass about talking to you? You’re damn right we’re gonna talk about it later.”
The ram grumbled to himself but nodded and chomped down the last few bites of oats before drinking down what juice the wolf had left him. “Yes that’s fair, it’s nothing so major and tragic.” He spoke the words as he slid out of the booth then offered Tracey his hand with a smile.
She gripped his hand as he helped her out of the booth but didn’t let it go. The wolf gave him a knowing grin as she interlocked her fingers with his and they walked hand in hand out of the restaurant and back to the bus.
Leo held her hand as he helped her back up the steps to the bus then moved in behind her shutting the doors. Once they were shut the ram huffed out and released her hand, making sure to keep the exit blocked before fixing her with a playful glare and putting his hands on his hips.
Tracey grinned at his stance and mimicked him. “Yes, my ram?” She gave him a playful flick of her tail as she spoke.
“Give me back my shirt.” Leo spoke the words with a smile as he moved over to the wolf.
“Hmm… let me think about it...” Tracey growled the words as he moved over, looming over her and resting a hand on her hip. The dog grinned up at him and tapped his nose. “No.” She barked out playfully and tugged from his grip trotting further into the bus, flicking her tail teasingly.
“Stubborn damn wolf!” The ram gave chase and grabbed her up from behind. Tracey let out an excited giggle as he drew her into his arms once more, his hands cupping over her breasts, squeezing them through his own shirt she had stolen.
The wolf grinned and pushed her back into his chest, panting softly at his gentle rubbing and squeezing, her ass grinding into his lap while they stood there in the bus. “Ha… maybe, but you still can’t have it back~”
Tracey broke from his grip once more, sauntering over to the bed and taking a seat on it, giving the ram a playful smile. “Admit it, you like seeing me wear your shirt.”
Leo moves over and puts his hands on her shoulders, careful to adjust his grip on her right one before shoving her down onto her back and looming over her as he flicks his own tail. “Yeah I do… I also like seeing you panting and almost drooling in pleasure...”
She blushed at the brazen words and gripped the shirt he was wearing, pulling him down on top of her. “Ha… my ram is getting more confident… hope he has enough energy left for his show tonight...” The dog whispers the words, her lips brushing his before pulling him into a hungry kiss.

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