Plunging temperatures kept most folks indoors during the coldest parts of the winter. Humans and Anthros alike stayed hunkered down in their homes and shelters. Humans with furred anthro partners found extra comfort and warmth within the snuggling of their partner’s arms. Other folks had it rough, like the reptile creatures with naturally colder blood. Creep was a big lumbering Koopa and he disliked the winter as it made him colder than he would have liked. This winter afternoon he found himself huddled on a couch in the community center as his own place had conked out from the frigid temperatures and the heaters were not functioning at a reptile’s preferred capacity. Creep grumbled to himself as he huffed his breath and shivered slightly, his large belly wobbled from the motions and he tried to keep hold of the hot water bottle he was pressing into his chest. The community center had just lost power and the maintenance staff was tinkering in the basement to get everything up and running again. “I should have grabbed a bite to eat before I came here,” Creep growled low. The doors to the Community center opened in burst of chilly wind as someone entered. “Shut the damn doors!” Creep roared. The doors were closed and a figure was leaning against them, fiddling with a jacket zipper and pulling it upwards. “Hell it’s cold in here too, there’s no escape.” A man walked into the wider living area space and looked around, seeing no one but Creep he asked where people were. “Staff is trying to fix the heater, get this place warmed up again. They are taking their sweet time.” He groaned in discomfort. The man shivered again and walked towards the large Koopa. “You’re cold-blooded right?” Creep narrowed his eyebrows and looked down at the man, “What gives you that idea bite-sized? Scram before I make a snack out of you.” Creep was half serious; he had been known to eat other people before. The man started to unzip his coat. “Well I figured I would offer you some warmth if you wanted it.” That got Creep’s attention, he hated being cold. “How do you figure?” The man shed off his coat and pulled off his sweater. Creep had an inkling of an idea of where this was going but he stayed quiet and let the man speak. “I’m pretty cold myself, but as a human I have warm blood. I’d be able to heat myself up naturally if this place wasn’t so drafty, I need to go somewhere without a breeze, and you need some warming up.” The man pulled off his boots and socks and began pulling off his shirt. Creep smirked slightly, this was exactly what he thought was happening. “If you swallow me whole, I could stay in your stomach away from the draft and be able to warm up and with my body heat warm you up from the inside out as well.” The man reasoned, as he shed his shirt and pulled off his jeans, standing before Creep in just his under layers. Creep looked the man up and down and feigned casual indifference, he shrugged and moved aside, letting the man climb up on the couch with him. “Sounds fine to me if you don’t mind getting all slimed up inside me.” Creep said. “I imagine it will all add to holding my body heat and help you warm up from the inside.” the man said as he leaned close and slowly put his hands to Creep’s mouth. “I’d like to go in myself if you don’t mind.” he said. Creep rumbled in approval, it wasn’t often someone wanted him to eat them, and this guy was practically climbing down his throat, who was he to rush him? The man slid his hands between Creep’s lips and felt the closed wall of his large teeth. Slowly the man slid his fingers between the cracks of the teeth and began to lift and pry open Creep’s jaws. The Koopa let him, and offered no resistance as his mouth was opened wider. Knowing that food was coming, Creep’s maw had begun to drool and the man looked around at the large gape Creep’s maw offered. “I think I can fit nicely in here.” he said, and began to crawl inside. Creep closed his eyes and let the feeling of this human prey permeate his senses. The man squished his hands into Creep’s tongue and saliva pooled at the indents. The flavor was delicious; it had been far too long since Creep had eaten a human. He moaned in delight as the man crawled in deeper and his chest lowered down on the thick of Creep’s gooey tongue. The man was enjoying the feeling as well and slowly slid himself along the muscle and towards the back of the Koopa’s large throat. It squelched open naturally and the man managed to peek over the edge and down into the fleshy tunnel of Creep’s gullet. The sensations were too exciting for Creep’s predatory nature and he closed his mouth around the Human, who’s waist and legs still stuck out from his lips and he lifted his head upwards in a pleased growl. The human felt the shift and chuckled as he slipped into Creep’s throat. The sensation was excellent, and Creep swallowed and gulped, sending his meal down his neck and into the depths of his larger body. He swallowed against the man’s chest, his waist, his leg. He slurped his prey into his mouth and guzzled him down like dinner. The man plunged deeply through Creep’s throat and spilled down inside his stomach chamber with a squelch and a sloppy gurgle. Creep groaned deeply and exhaled heavily as he felt the last of the human fill into his stomach. His large round gut expanded and gurgled loudly and Creep passed his clawed hands over the distended dome of his gut and slurped his lips. “if anything, you made a delicious snack, human.” Creep chuckled and patted his gut as it bounced and churned, happy itself to be well filled. Inside, the man was curled into a ball and enjoying the massages and pressings of the stomach walls. He felt the slimes and gooey squishing all around him and as he settled and thanked Creep for letting him be here, Creep thumped his gut again and let out a thunderous belch. Both the man and Creep laughed good naturedly. “Get relaxed in there, I want to get warm.” Creep said, and belched again. The man got comfortable and as he rested and relaxed in Creep’s stomach, Creep also relaxed on the couch, slowly stroking over his gurgling belly. As time passed, the human’s body heat slowly warmed his through and after several more hours, Creep felt his own body heat regulating and the source of his inner warmth was a great comfort to him. “Hey little man, I think this is working. I feel really good inside.” Creep said. “That’s good to hear, I’m pretty warm in here myself, so thank you for getting me out of the draft.” Creep smiled and rubbed over his belly again, “No problem, it was really nice to have someone inside my gut again.” He thumped it as it wobbled and gurgled. “How’s about you come on out now?” Creep offered. “No thank you, I’d like to stay in here for a little while longer if that is alright with you. “I have no problem with that little man.” Creep licked his lips again and rested back on the couch. He and the man fell back into a deep nap, meanwhile the community center heating was restored and business resumed as usual. No one paid much attention to the slumbering Koopa, though the pile of human clothes gave people a second glance. At closing time, a Kobold janitor wheeled in a mop and bucket into the living room space and prodded Creep awake with his mop handle. “Place is closing up for the night,” he said. Creep yawned and scratched his head. “Oh, uh, thanks for letting me know.” He stooped and gathered up the human’s clothes and looked down at the Kobold. “Have a good night.” The Kobold watched the large Koopa leave; shaking his head as he has a pretty good idea for what explained the human clothes and that hefty gut. “I ought to give good ole’ Malf a call sometime.” he said to himself, and went on about his work. Outside, the night air had dropped in temperature even more so, and with the addition of the dark, it made the cold feel even more extreme. Creep huffed from the momentary discomfort and walked down the community center steps. He rubbed over his belly, “you awake in there?” The man did not respond. “Well looks like you are coming home with me tonight.” Creep chuckled and lumbered on back to him place, his gut sloshing and bouncing as he went. Once Creep got back to his place, he was pleased to feel that it wasn’t that cold anymore, likely the addition of the human’s body heat inside him helped with that. Creep went about his evening activities, waiting to feel the squirms of his human guest within. After the Koopa warmed up some previous evenings dinner, he put it all in a paper bag and glugged it down in one go. Inside Creep’s belly, the man was just stirring from his nap and felt the bag fall into his lap. “Oh what’s this?” Creep rubbed his belly again, “Dinner. There’s some of those biodegradable utensils in there, eat what you want and dump the rest out. My gut will handle the rest.” After the Human ate, he dumped the leftovers into the stomach around him and it gurgled up into nutrition for Creep. “I’m ready to come out now.” the man said. Creep went into his washroom and heaved and belched and soon the man was sitting, slimy and smiling in Creep’s bathtub. “Wash up, I brought your clothes with me.” Creep said, setting the clothes down by his toilet. “Oh thanks, I guess you had to take me home.” “Yeah, you don’t mind staying the night do ya?” Creep asked. “I don’t expect that to be a problem.” Creep made up his couch into a bed for his guest while the man showered and cleaned up. When he came into the living room all dressed again, Creep suggested they watch some movies. They did and as the hour went late into the night, Creep yawned and patted the human on the head. “I’m heading to bed, you can sleep here on the couch.” “Thanks for letting me stay.” the man said. “Thank you for warming me up little man, I really needed that.” The man smiled, “Maybe you can have me for breakfast.” Creep smirked, “I probably will, then I can take you home all warmed up from the inside out.”
