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                                            Moonlight Charm art by floatsam: https://imgur.com/AlQvYrO
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                                            >Be the little mare, also known specifically as Moonlight Charm.
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                                            >Your master calls you Moon, or Charmy, or sometimes affectionately, ‘my little Charmy’.
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                                            >It makes you feel tingly when he does that.
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                                            9.
                                            >You’re one of the lucky mares—You have a master.
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                                            >Almost a year ago now, a group of radical terrorists from some board on the internet stole a mutagenic chemical, one of the transhuman project derivatives, tweaked it, and set off gas bombs in several big city districts across the east coast.
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                                            >Everyone in the affected areas was turned into a little, pastel-colored pony.
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                                            >As far as terror attacks went, it could have been worse, but was still incredibly disruptive to the lives of many people.
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                                            15.
                                            >For instance, ponies weren’t particularly good at living on their own.
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                                            >Or doing most jobs, for that matter.
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                                            >A little magic, flight, and durability didn’t make up for stubby hooves and your pathetically small stature.
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                                            >Granted, ponies still retained their knowledge of course, but their personalities got a bit more whimsical and childlike, which made them unfit for several roles.
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                                            >Hard to be an officer of the law or a business owner when you were so little and impossible to take seriously.
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                                            >But that alone wasn’t even the biggest change.
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                                            >Being a pony meant you had new needs.
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                                            >Needs like being held, or feeling the touch of another.
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                                            >Within an hour of being ignored, a pony would become uncomfortable and anxious.
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                                            >Within several hours of being alone, they would become agitated and begin to crave touch, like the beginning of withdrawal.
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                                            >A pony left for multiple days in isolation would become unstable, prone to panic attacks and episodes of emotional distress.
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                                            >If left alone repeatedly, a pony would eventually develop a powerful separation anxiety and would cling to anyone that so much as acknowledged them.
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                                            >Or in extreme cases, become unresponsive.
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                                            28.
                                            >Being a pony meant you weren’t just social creature—you NEEDED to be with someone.
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                                            30.
                                            >And so the pony caretakers program was launched.
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                                            32.
                                            >With Google having a detailed personality profile for every human on the planet, ponies and suitable owners could be matched using an algorithm.
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                                            33.
                                            >It wasn’t perfect of course.
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                                            34.
                                            >Some masters were better than others, and not all of them even wanted to have a pony to look after in the first place.
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                                            35.
                                            >Personality mismatches still happened, and there were some cases of abuse that surfaced now and then.
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                                            36.
                                            >It was hard for a computer to account for all the changes in personality a pony had gone through, or know if a person had a dark side.
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                                            >Not to mention what a gender swap did to a person’s profile.
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                                            >You unconsciously rubbed your back thighs together, a small groan coming from your throat at the still-strange feeling.
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                                            39.
                                            >Gender swaps were common… there were a lot more mares than stallions, after all.
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                                            >But like you said, you were lucky.
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                                            42.
                                            
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                                            >Your master, Anon, was kind, gentle, loving, and always paid plenty of attention to you.
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                                            >In return, all he asked was that you help with some basic chores around the house while he worked.
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                                            >Thankfully he worked from home, so you could curl up in his lap whenever you felt a little needy.
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                                            >And he made good money too, so you were never left wanting when it came to toys or games or snacks.
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                                            47.
                                            >Compared to your dead-end office job, coming home to an empty house every day with no real future?
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                                            >This wasn’t so bad.
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                                            >And having someone who cared about you, someone who made you feel special?
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                                            50.
                                            >That was indescribable.
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                                            51.
                                            >It was hard to understate how good it felt to mean something to someone, to be able to greet your master and have him smile and pick you up.
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                                            52.
                                            >He loved to blow raspberries on your belly and tease you for being cute.
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                                            53.
                                            >He liked to tickle you whenever you got too sassy and gave you headpats and praise whenever you did something good.
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                                            54.
                                            >To feel that genuine affection made your heart sore, gave you goosebumps, and sometimes…?
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                                            >If things got particularly lovey, your chest felt heavy and full and warm in all the right ways.
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                                            56.
                                            >It was a feeling without compare.
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                                            57.
                                            >You genuinely loved your master.
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                                            >Though, the two of you still had challenges in your relationship.
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                                            60.
                                            >In particular, you had a bad heat problem.
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                                            61.
                                            >The heats as a pony were like being a hormonal teenager surrounded by hot naked women for years on end without release, all condensed within the microcosm of a week.
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                                            62.
                                            >Ponies could take the edge off with medication, but you had a naturally high libido even outside your heat.
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                                            63.
                                            >During that week, your mind was a slurry of slutty, depraved thoughts, and nothing could calm you down or get your mind out of the gutter save for a good power fuck.
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                                            64.
                                            >Thus far, Anon helped by getting you plenty of toys, but that wasn’t what you needed.
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                                            65.
                                            >You needed a real, live cock to spread you open.
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                                            66.
                                            >But Master didn’t want to help when you got lewd like that.
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                                            67.
                                            >He’d said no the first time, and looked more than a little uncomfortable about the prospect of doing anything sexual with you.
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                                            68.
                                            >It hurt, but you didn’t want to be a nuisance, so you didn’t ask after that.
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                                            69.
                                            >Your next heat was approaching in a few days, and you eyed the date on the calendar with dread.
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                                            70.
                                            >Anon promised he’d look into stronger medications this time, or barring that, a fucking machine.
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                                            71.
                                            >But while those things were nice, they probably wouldn’t help.
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                                            72.
                                            >You didn’t have the heart to tell him.
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                                            >That wasn’t the only cause for concern in your relationship though.
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                                            >You see, while Anon was by all counts an amazing master, he still had some quirks.
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                                            76.
                                            >He was a bit messy, for one, an issue that only got worse once you were around taking care of the cleaning.
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                                            >And he could be stubborn as a mule sometimes, as well as occasionally prone to jealousy when it came to you enjoying the attention of other males.
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                                            >But that was something you could live with or manage in the case of getting pets from mostly him.
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                                            >Rather, Anon had one particular flaw that was particularly challenging for you to cope with.
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                                            >You let out a soft moan as you wiggled yourself deeper into the confines of the laundry hamper, basking in the scent of your master.
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                                            >You could feel the first dregs of need trickling into your system like melting ice as you lay there, inhaling his scent like a drug.
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                                            86.
                                            >He was going to be upset if you didn’t get your chores finished but you couldn’t help it.
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                                            >You loved doing this.
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                                            >Everything felt so soft and warm.
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                                            89.
                                            >And it smelled so nice.
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                                            90.
                                            >Anon was busy working on his computer still, you told yourself.
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                                            91.
                                            >He wasn’t going to catch you.
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                                            92.
                                            >You shoved your muzzle into a pair of boxers, breathing deep of his intoxicating, male scent.
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                                            93.
                                            >A shiver ran through you and you clenched your legs tightly.
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                                            94.
                                            >Ooh, your sense of smell as a pony made this so addicting.
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                                            95.
                                            >Everyday should be laundry day.
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                                            >You wormed in deeper, then, using your mouth to pull a pair of pants and a shirt over you, you made a laundry cocoon of sorts.
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                                            >It was perfection.
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                                            >A literal envelopment of softness that smelled like master and made you feel comfort all the way down to your bones.
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                                            >So soft… so nice.
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                                            >Your eyes began to feel heavy.
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                                            >Oh wait… no.
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                                            102.
                                            >You can’t fall asleep now.
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                                            >You have chores to do.
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                                            104.
                                            >Your muscles ached to lay still, to not get up from your comfy spot deep in his clothes.
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                                            >Everytime you made a move to extricate yourself, the thought died halfway, like you were chained down.
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                                            106.
                                            >Maybe you can just relax for a few minutes?
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                                            107.
                                            >Yeah that’d be fine.
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                                            108.
                                            >Just a quick nap and master will be none the wiser.
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                                            109.
                                            >You nuzzled into a pair of socks, feeling the delightful little pills brushing against your fur .
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                                            >Just… a few… minutes.
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                                            >Something made you stir.
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                                            >You blinked, staring blearily around your little cocoon as a yawn spread across your face.
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                                            >Oh… right. Laundry day.
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                                            >Everything in your little clothes nest had conformed to your body, wrapping around you snuggly, save for a pocket around your muzzle, and it felt pleasantly warm still.
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                                            118.
                                            >Gosh, that may have been one of the best naps you’ve ever taken, you thought.
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                                            119.
                                            >You feel so well rested.
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                                            120.
                                            >You pushed your hooves out, hearing them pop before curling back up again.
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                                            121.
                                            >God, why were laundry baskets so comfy and warm and pony sized.
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                                            >If you could, you’d ask master to replace your bed with one.
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                                            >But then again, you prefer sleeping next to him.
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                                            >Nothing like being master’s little teddy pony and getting to feel his steady breathing against your back, knowing he was sleeping soundly because of you.
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                                            >Master always said you were soft and enjoyable to sleep with.
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                                            >You let out a sigh and wormed back into your spot.
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                                            127.
                                            >Alright, just another minute and you’ll finish laundry before master takes a break.
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                                            129.
                                            >“Charmy, what do you think you’re doing?”
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                                            >Your eyes snapped open.
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                                            >Oh no!
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                                            >You sprung up like a steel trap and stood rigid, a pair of boxer shorts hanging on one of your ears.
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                                            >You didn’t dare reach for it.
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                                            >There, squatting in front of the basket, was a stern faced, unimpressed looking Anon.
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                                            >He rolled his head slightly, resting it on his palm as he looked at you, eyes cutting like knives.
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                                            >A small squeak, like the air squeezing from a balloon, eked past your lips.
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                                            >It was then that you noticed the lighting.
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                                            >Gone was the clean, blue lighting of the afternoon sun.
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                                            >In its place, the incandescent lights filled the space with a warm, yellow hue, and outside the laundry room window, you could see the last wisps of the setting sun, painting the bottom edge with red and purple.
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                                            >Oh god, that wasn’t a quick nap at all.
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                                            >You were asleep all afternoon!
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                                            >Anon, didn’t say anything for a time, and you stood there, awkwardly shifting your weight back and forth, waiting for the ball to drop.
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                                            >He simply weighed you with a kind of cold calculation.
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                                            >That should have set off alarm bells in your head but you were far too panicked to notice.
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                                            >Eventually he spoke.
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                                            148.
                                            >“I was looking all over for you, you know.”
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                                            >Your ears snapped back against your head.
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                                            150.
                                            >Ohgodhe’ssodissapointedinyou.
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                                            151.
                                            >You forced down a whine as he continued.
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                                            >“And here I finally find you, in my unfinished laundry, after I got all worried thinking you’d gotten into trouble or were lost. Charm, I thought something happened to you, and instead, I found out you just decided to shirk your chores and take a nap.”
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                                            >You sniffled.
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                                            155.
                                            “I’m s-sorry. Please don’t be mad.”
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                                            156.
                                            
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                                            157.
                                            >He let out a long breath through his nose.
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                                            158.
                                            >”I’m not mad at you, Charm. I’m just really disappointed.”
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                                            159.
                                            >Your chest felt like someone dropped a weight on it.
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                                            >No no no! You hated this!
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                                            161.
                                            >Why did you have to do that? You should have known better.
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                                            >”This is the third time you’ve done this with my laundry too, so you’re apparently not taking this seriously. No, I don’t think sorry is going to cut it this time. I think we’re going to have to do something about this, and I’m not talking about ‘no TV for a week’ here.”
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                                            >A strange feeling wormed its way into your gut.
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                                            165.
                                            >Uh oh...
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                                            166.
                                            >Anon could be firm with you at times but he’d usually chastise you a bit and give you a minor punishment like taking away your favorite snack or restricting TV time.
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                                            167.
                                            >If anything, he was a little too light when it came to punishments.
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                                            168.
                                            >[spoilers]Being cute had its perks[/spoilers]
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                                            169.
                                            >But every now and then, Anon would get in a mood.
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                                            170.
                                            >It was then that you recognized the look he had—the smile that touched his eyes and teased at his lips.
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                                            171.
                                            >Your stomach dropped out from under you.
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                                            >You see, Anon had one particular personality quirk that wasn’t like the rest.
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                                            >He was a bit messy, yes, and stubborn and jealous on occasion.
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                                            >But like you said, those were easy to deal with.
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                                            >Rather, Anon had one particular quirk that really, truly scared you.
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                                            >He had a sadistic streak.
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                                            >It only popped up once in a blue moon, but when it did, you knew you were in trouble.
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                                            >You tail snapped down between your legs and you felt your skin grow cold as a shiver ran through you.
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                                            >Anon would never hurt you, of course.
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                                            >Not once had he ever used pain to enforce a lesson.
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                                            >You think it was a point of pride for him.
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                                            185.
                                            >But he could punish you in other ways.
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                                            >You swallowed.
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                                            “W-What are you going to do?”
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                                            >”Oh, I think I have an idea.”
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                                            >Anon grabbed your forehoof and dragged you up out of out of the basket, slinging you over his shoulder and keeping one hand under your bottom to keep you steady.
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                                            >He paused for a moment, feeling the faint wetness from your lower lips.
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                                            >You clenched your eyes shut as a furious blush formed on your face.
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                                            194.
                                            >Oh god, now he knows you were getting off on it.
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                                            195.
                                            >If he was disgusted, you couldn’t tell.
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                                            196.
                                            >Anon simply headed towards the back of the house.
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                                            197.
                                            >On his way you noticed him grab a strange, white container, with a picture of a horse on the front, but you didn’t have time to read the label as he slung it under his arm and headed into the backyard.
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                                            198.
                                            >After a few paces onto the cooled grass, he set the container down, and then picked you up and placed you onto a soft patch away from the house.
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                                            >The butterflies in your stomach had whipped themselves into a frenzy as you looked up at your master.
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                                            “What are we going to do in the yard, Master?”
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                                            >”You’ll see.”
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                                            >Anon grabbed the container, and after instructing you not to move, began pouring the liquid out onto the grass.
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                                            205.
                                            >He drew a ring around you, with perhaps enough space to fit another pony or two, then came around to the front of you again.
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                                            206.
                                            >You sniffed the edge of the circle where you could see the dampened grass.
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                                            207.
                                            >It didn’t smell like gasoline.
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                                            208.
                                            >In retrospect you feel guilty for even thinking he’d do something so dangerous to you.
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                                            209.
                                            >He could be mean but master wouldn’t hurt you.
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                                            >You looked up at him, a question in your eyes.
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                                            211.
                                            >His only answer was a sweet, yet worrying smile.
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                                            >Oh, that smile did not bode well for you…
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                                            213.
                                            >Without a word, he left the container on the ground and headed back to the back slider.
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                                            >You sat there, furrowing your brow at him for a moment before you stood and went to follow after.
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                                            216.
                                            >Something stopped you.
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                                            217.
                                            >Your hoof hovered in midair, somehow unable to push forward.
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                                            218.
                                            >You lowered it to the ground, then tried to take a step forward again, but something stopped you, just the same as before.
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                                            219.
                                            >There was no barrier or magic. You could tell that much.
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                                            220.
                                            >You just… couldn’t.
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                                            221.
                                            >Anon had stopped at the door and watched you without a word.
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                                            222.
                                            >You turned, attempting to walk the other way, and again, that same feeling stopped you.
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                                            223.
                                            >You trotted in circles, trying every angle, each time, unable to take that next step.
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                                            224.
                                            >A nervous feeling wormed its way into your gut.
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                                            226.
                                            >You turned to Anon, panic starting to rise in you.
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                                            227.
                                            “Master,” you said, looking over to him. “H-Help! I’m stuck.”
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                                            >He simply put his hands behind his back and leaned forward slightly.
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                                            230.
                                            >His smile was like a little girl with a secret, bursting to let you in on it.
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                                            231.
                                            >It was then that you noticed the container he’d carried out had been left just outside your circle.
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                                            232.
                                            >The label had been turned to face you.
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                                            233.
                                            “Horse repellent?”
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                                            234.
                                            >You turned back to Anon.
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                                            235.
                                            >He looked lovingly at you in a way that made your hackles rise.
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                                            236.
                                            
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                                            237.
                                            >”Aw, my cute little Charmy. You look so adorable. It almost makes it hard.”
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                                            238.
                                            
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                                            239.
                                            >You swallowed, and sat back down on your haunches.
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                                            240.
                                            >The next move was his… it all depended on how far he wanted to take your punishment.
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                                            241.
                                            
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                                            242.
                                            > “Well…” he paused for a good few seconds, savoring the suspense as you held your breath. “Goodnight, Charmy.”
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                                            243.
                                            
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                                            244.
                                            >Fear, cold and sharp surged through you.
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                                            245.
                                            “Master, no please! I’m sorry I’m sorry! Please no!”
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                                            246.
                                            >Anon turned and headed towards the door.
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                                            247.
                                            >Tears began falling down your face as you rushed around the circle, helpless to cross the threshold.
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                                            248.
                                            >NO! You don’t want to be left outside!
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                                            249.
                                            >You want to be with master and cuddle and go to sleep in a nice warm bed and oh god you were such a bad pony why did you do that you should have known b—
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                                            250.
                                            
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                                            251.
                                            >The door shut.
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                                            252.
                                            >Anon was gone.
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                                            253.
                                            
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                                            254.
                                            “Master NO! Please don’t leave me!” you cried towards the house, bawling openly now.
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                                            255.
                                            “I’ll be good I promise! Just don’t do this!”
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                                            256.
                                            >There was no answer.
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                                            257.
                                            >Anon was gone.
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                                            258.
                                            >No, wait, don’t panic.
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                                            259.
                                            >This was just a test.
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                                            260.
                                            >He wanted to tease you a little then he’d come right back, pick you up, and be happy that you didn’t say anything you didn’t mean.
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                                            261.
                                            >Just be good and wait.
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                                            262.
                                            >A good pony waits for their master patiently and without whining.
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                                            263.
                                            >You sat there, staring at the slider door while your body was racked with sobs.
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                                            264.
                                            >Any minute now he’d be there.
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                                            265.
                                            >Just be patient.
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                                            266.
                                            >One minute turned into two, then to three.
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                                            267.
                                            >Three turned to ten then to an hour, and eventually, the sun’s light began to fade, dowsing the backyard in a gloomy dusk as you sat there, alone.
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                                            268.
                                            >Your heart ached and a deep sense of dread filled you.
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                                            269.
                                            >Fresh tears sprung forth as you sat there, stomach grumbling, whimpering for a dinner that wouldn’t come tonight.
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                                            270.
                                            >The light eventually faded to night.
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                                            272.
                                            >You watched with horror as the lights in the house progressively went dark until finally, Anon’s bedroom light clicked off.
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                                            276.
                                            >You didn’t sleep.
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                                            277.
                                            >The entire night you lay there on your little island of grass, desperately hoping against all hope that he’d bring you in.
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                                            278.
                                            >But no respite came as your mind slowly turned against you.
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                                            279.
                                            >First came the crushing loneliness.
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                                            280.
                                            >It settled over you with a gnawing discomfort, a thunderhead looming overhead as it ate away at you.
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                                            281.
                                            >But you were alone, with only the darkness around you.
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                                            282.
                                            >It pressed in against you from all sides, taunting you, filling you with dread.
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                                            283.
                                            >You sobbed and covered your face with your hooves.
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                                            284.
                                            
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                                            285.
                                            >Then came the agitation, the panic.
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                                            286.
                                            >Your breathing and heart rate spiked as you felt the ice cold grip of terror squeeze your chest like a ripe fruit.
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                                            287.
                                            >What if master forgot about you?
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                                            288.
                                            >No, even worse, what if he got up the next day and decided he’d rather not bring you inside anymore?
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                                            289.
                                            >What if he left you here?
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                                            290.
                                            >These thoughts and more, all irrational, all unthinkable when you were held in his arms, felt all too real now.
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                                            291.
                                            >What if master didn’t want you anymore?
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                                            292.
                                            >What if you were really a bad pony all this time?
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                                            293.
                                            >What if he got tired of you and got another pony?
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                                            294.
                                            >What if he LEFT. YOU. ALL. ALONE.
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                                            >Your heart thundered in your chest, threatening to burst as you hyperventilated.
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                                            “Please please please, Master, please come get me,” you whimpered into the dark.
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                                            “Please I’ll be a good pony. I’ll do whatever you want. Just touch me, hold me, look at me. Anything but this.”
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                                            >There was no answer.
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                                            301.
                                            >You felt like you were suffocating.
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                                            >And then, as if to punctuate it all, you felt two icy, wet raindrops tap against the side of your face.
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                                            >Your ears perked up and you looked towards the sky.
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                                            >And it began to rain.
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                                            309.
                                            >Anon walked out of his back door as the sun peeked over the horizon.
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                                            310.
                                            >A fog had rolled in, blanketing the world in a thin mist as he looked over at you sipping his coffee.
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                                            311.
                                            >It was almost like nothing existed here save for you, the yard, and him.
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                                            >You lay there, fur damp and stuck to you, eyes stinging with no more tears to cry.
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                                            314.
                                            >Each breath was a fight as you lay there, unable to move, to say a word.
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                                            315.
                                            >Everything was numb, from your throbbing head to your useless little hooves.
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                                            316.
                                            >Anon just stood there, a neutral expression on his face.
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                                            317.
                                            >Would this be enough?
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                                            318.
                                            >Were you a good girl now?
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                                            >He took a step forward.
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                                            >It was all you could do to keep your eyes on him, to keep them open as he came over to you.
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                                            >He gently brushed the backs of his fingers against your cheek.
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                                            324.
                                            >You hadn’t the strength to raise your head.
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                                            >You went to call out to him, to call him your master like you know you should, but all that left your lips was the hint of a breath.
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                                            >He picked you up.
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                                            >He held you like he always did, your torso facing over his shoulder, bottom cradled in one, strong arm.
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                                            328.
                                            >You flopped over his shoulder like a ragdoll and let out a whimper.
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                                            329.
                                            >God it felt so good just to feel a living being against your fur again.
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                                            330.
                                            >You let out a shuddering breath and pressed into him with what little vigor you had left.
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                                            >”It’s okay, Charmy. You’re all done,” he said, rubbing you gently on the back.
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                                            >”Let’s go inside now. I’ll make you some breakfast.”
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                                            >A wave of relief crashed over you as he walked towards the house, and you felt your eyes moisten with tears once more as you nuzzled into his neck.
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                                            >Your name is Moonlight Charm.
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                                            337.
                                            >Your Master calls you Charmy.
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                                            >It makes you feel tingly when he does that.
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                                            >And you’re one of the lucky mares.
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                                            >You have a master.
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                                            >And you love him so much.
 
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Should have Known Better (OC, PTFG, one-shot, COMPLETE)
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