The Story of Captain Padfoot

Part 3

By: Wolfie Steel.

I slowly walk up to the door of the medical bay, with a hiss it slides open and I make my way inside, the Chief Medical Officer, a German Shepherd named Mace Tane, greets me and leads me towards the rescued officer. As I get closer, my heart begins to flutter, the guy just happens to be one of my favourite breeds, a pure looking Doberman. I stand in front of him and offer him my paw which he takes into his own.

"Welcome aboard Star Com One, I'm Captain Toby Padfoot"

I can see that there are floods of tears just barely being held back, but with a quake in his voice he introduces himself.

"Aiden Oliver Coalson, First mate of Dog Star Three, or should that be ex First..."

His voice trails off as his tears begin to fall, to be honest I'm not very good at emotional stuff, but I just can't let Aiden cry his eyes out without offering some sort of support, and so I lay a gentle paw on his shoulder.

"Look Aiden, why don't we get out of the medical bay and head to my quarters, they are just up the hallway from here, and you will be a lot more comfortable there, and we can talk without being disturbed"

The emotional Doberman sniffs back his tears and then nods his head, he then stands from the bed and follows me back to my quarters. Before I get to the door of my quarters I activate my com.

"Commander Travis, I'm going off duty for the night so you are in charge, only contact me if it is an emergency"

The Horse acknowledges my transmission, I then put my right paw onto the paw print scanner, the scanner scans my paw and then the door opens.

"Please excuse the boxes Aiden; I haven't had time to put any of my things away yet"

He gently nods his head as I motion him to sit on the couch, as he takes his seat, I slowly lower myself down into my reclining arm chair which is facing where he is sat.

"I hope that I never have to face losing so many friends in that way, no wonder you are crying"

Aiden looks at me and sniffs back another round of tears.

"No...no it's not that, though that was bad enough, losing the ship is an occupational hazard, for me though there are...personal reasons as to why I'm crying...you see the Captain of Dog Star Three, was my father, Captain Leonard Joseph Coalson, we weren't even space explorers, our planet was attacked by the ship that you rescued us from, they left a colony of people on the surface as they began their search for us, we were just a few that managed to get aboard the ship and escape the planet"

He sobs a little more before he continues.

"Now I have no father, no ship and no home planet to go back to, and it's all because of the Maja's"

I felt my heart sink into my boots, losing your home is bad enough, but to lose your father too, that would finish most everyone else off. I decide to try and give him at least some hope, so I stand from my chair and sit next to him on the couch. I gently put my paw on his leg and give it a squeeze; I need to begin to reassure him that he is not alone.

"Look Aiden, there is no way in hell that I will let you become a slave, and I'm not going to leave you on some desolate planet, you can have a place at my side, but only if that is what you want?"

Aiden begins to shiver a little and I fear that I may have gone a little too far so I withdraw my paw only for Aiden to take hold of it again and replace it back on his leg.

"Captain Padfoot, I really don't want to be left alone, I'm cold, tired and weak and I just need to feel loved"

I make a quick decision and act on it.

"Ok Aiden, I can help with some of the cold and weakness by giving you a decent meal, after that you can use my sonic shower and then you can sleep in my bed while I take the couch, that way you will be warm and not alone"

Aiden shakes his head a little and replies.

"No Captain, I will take you up on the meal and the shower, but I can't take your bed, it wouldn't be right"

I let out a gentle sigh and then I come to another, more risky decision.

"Ok so a meal, and a shower you will accept but my bed you won't, well what about if I was in it with you, would you accept it then?"

Aiden's eyes go as wide as dinner plates, but then he seems to consider what I'm saying a little more carefully.

"Captain Padfoot, if you are willing to share your bed with me, then... yes I will take it"

At long last, I'm starting to break through some of his defences.

"Ok Aiden, I will share my bed with you, but for the love of god, call me Toby, I don't stand on ceremony with my close friends, and if we are sharing a bed, then we will be pretty close friends, now go and use the sonic shower and I will get the replicator to rustle us both up a meal, and then we will turn in for the night"

He gently nods his head and walks towards the sonic shower room. I will admit right now that seeing him walk towards the shower room kind of got my love juices going, and I know that it is wrong for me to think that way, but even in his present state, filthy fur, torn clothes, cuts and bruises, he still looked as though god had handpicked him, and I was sure that once he was cleaned up, he would be all the more appealing.

After half an hour Aiden strolls out of the shower room clad in just his boxer briefs, my heart very nearly stops there on the spot but I try not to show my attraction to him, after all he is probably as straight as they come, mores the pity, so I will have to use all of my will power to control myself.

We both sit at the table and begin to eat the replicated food, I had called it a decent meal, and yes to a space traveller it is the best meal ever, but when like me you are used to having proper home cooked and fresh meals, these space meals don't really compare. After our meal I look at Aiden again and speak.

"Look Aiden, about the sleeping arrangements, there is something I need to tell you about me, you see I'm gay, now if you still want to share my bed then that is fine by me, but I will also understand if you want me to take the couch"

Aiden looks down at the floor and I misread that as him being disappointed in me, but then he looks up from the floor and directly at me.

"Toby, I'm going to level with you, you see this will not be the first time that I have slept with a male, back on my home planet of Dober Prime I had a loving companion, a mate if you will, no one else knew about us, not even my dad, but when the Maja's enslaved my home planet, Maloo fought against them, and he paid for it with his life, I loved him dearly and I know that he loved me back. So Toby, thank you for your consideration, but I'm a big dog now so I know my own mind, I also knew when you asked me if I wanted to share your bed what that might entail, if that was not what I was looking for, I would have suggested that I take the couch"

I let out another sigh, though this is more a sigh of acceptance, Aiden is right, he isn't a puppy, he is a fully grown adult Doberman, and so I should start treating him as such. With my fears now put to rest, I strip out of my dress uniform and leave only my boxer shorts on, with that done we both climb into the bed and settle down for a good night's rest.

I guess that we have been asleep for two or three hours when my mind registers the fact that there is a weight lying on top of me, this is no ordinary weight though, it is pulsating up and down, my sleep hazed mind is trying to comprehend what the weight might be, suddenly it deduces that the pulsating is not a pulse at all, it is breathing, to be more exact it is SOMEONE'S breathing, at this revelation my eyes shoot wide open and what I see above me fills me both with joy and fear at the same time, for the weight that is on top of me is none other than Aiden, and what is more, he has a smile on his sleeping muzzle.

It's now that I feel his ample boxer covered package pressing against my own covered Rottweiler pride. A thought hits my brain and I act on it, I slowly move a paw to his right butt cheek and massage it a little which elicits a soft and gentle groan from Aiden's muzzle, oh man that round and perfectly formed butt cheek, I could spend the rest of my life just wondering what godly pleasure lies beneath the material of those boxer briefs.