showers max in puppies
Oh my god, someone write me a dogwalker AU.
Or, no, a dog trainer AU, because Max clearly trained Dog in The Road Warrior to an impressive degree despite their conditions. Maybe he’s an ex-K9 unit cop who got fucked up and now volunteers at a shelter. Maybe Furiosa trains rescues into service dogs and she spots him working there: looking like a homeless dude and shying away from humans, but so very gentle and patient with the animals, teaching them manners and tricks, calming them down – and then looking baffled when they follow him around adoringly.
And Furiosa sees his limp, the way he avoids people and talking but has enormous potential – and thinks maybe she can take in one more stray today.
*drains beer* Fuck it I don’t have work tomorrow LET’S FANG IT
****
Furiosa walks into the shelter and nods a greeting to Val at the front desk. “You got something for me?” she asks, leaning on the counter.
Val grins. “Out in the yard. You’ll see which one I mean.”
It’s a game they like to play: Furiosa needs dogs with the right personality to train as combination service-and-guard dogs for abused women, and Val has the best eye for evaluating animals in town, thanks to a lifetime of shelter work. But Val’s also an old friend, and competitive as hell, so she always makes Furiosa guess which dog Val called her in to see.
Not that’s it’s particularly hard, today.
This is everything I needed in my life.
(via primarybufferpanel)
