I'm revisited by a worry that was born the day I fell in love with his puppy self: the dread of the moment that snuffly breathing stops.

我脑子里又闪过了一个从喜欢上这位”猎狗大人“之时起我就有的一个担忧，即：一旦那打呼噜声停止后的恐惧感。