16. _Morning After_
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The next morning, Keurin felt better, all things considered. It was his favorite kind of morning - the perfect kind: chilly and hazy, with a lacy mist pulling into the shore from the placid, dark ocean. Downtown was nearly...
Dragon, Drama, Gay Relationships, Huskywolf, Love, M/M, Orca, Romance
13. _The Next Day_
"Why?" Keurin began hours later as he stood in the bathroom and looked at his reflection, his face red from weeping. "Why couldn't you just ask him to quit and move in with you, Keurin? You love him, he loves you; you want to be...
Dragon, Drama, Gay Relationships, Huskywolf, M/M, keurin
9. _The Descent_
Marc pulled out and promptly fell over. Keurin sat, on all fours, staring at the headboard in front of him, thoroughly unsatisfied.
"You know," Keurin began in a half-joke, "I think that's the first time I've been hatefucked."
...
Bull, Character Development, Dark, Dragon, Gay, Gay Relationships, Love, M/M, Orca, Plot Development, Romance, Suicide
10. _Ending_
The first thing Keurin did after he had woken up was go straight to work. It was a few hours before his shift but he knew that if he waited, he'd lose his nerve. Toby hadn't come in yet, so Keurin waited, smoking like a chimney. His...
Dragon, Fighting, Fox, Gay, Gay Relationships, Huskywolf, M/M, Orca, Violence (Not In Yiff)
5. _Newest Fling_
Markus had quietly let himself out early the next morning. After taking a quick shower and making the bed, Keurin returned home, this time with his photograph in tow. He reached his apartment around noon and placed the photograph...
Dragon, Drama, Fox, Gay, Gay Relationships, Love, Orca, Plot Development
_Such if there be, who loves so long, so well;_
_Let him our sad, our tender story tell;_
_The well-sung woes will soothe my pensive ghost;_
_He best can paint 'em, who shall feel 'em most._
- Tennyson
1. _Prologue_
_ _
Later on that afternoon,...
Dragon, Gay, Gay Relationships, Love, No-Yiff, life, loneliness
**Book I**
**The Colony at Brenn's Rock**
8. _The Waltz of Treachery_
Annike stood at the door to Rowels' cabin for a few moments, gathering herself. She cracked her knuckles and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath. Part of her was fully...
Batarian, Biotic, Krogan, Mass Effect, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Soldier, Turian, Violence (Not In Yiff), salarian
**_The Heart Makes a Fool of the Mind_**
_Flushed and decided, he assaults at once;_
_Exploring hands encounter no defense;_
_His vanity requires no response,_
_And makes a welcome of indifference._
- Eliot
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1. _Prologue_
Winter was...
Christmas, Dragon, Gay, Gay Relationships, Love, M/M, Male, Orca, Romance
8. _Aftermath_
The dragon was a veritable clusterfuck of emotions. On the one hand, he was hurt and terrified by Marc's words. On the other hand, he was relieved - actually relieved - that he, too, could finally begin to move on now that there was...
Character Development, Dragon, Gay, Gay Relationships, Love, M/M, Orca, Plot Development, Suicide
**Book I**
**The Colony at Brenn's Rock**
4. _The Double-cross_
"So, most, if not all, of the soldiers and workers have heatstroke, eh? That explains a lot. I trust they won't all..."
"Try to kill you like I did? No, I was already mad at...
Batarian, Biotic, Krogan, Mass Effect, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Soldier, Turian, Violence (Not In Yiff), salarian