Slim
_ **Slim** _ These makroudhs were tiny. Like, mind-blowingly. Six diamond-shaped pastries sat arranged on a square plate; the centrepiece of the hand-sized tray I was carrying across the restaurant. I wondered, how in the world Dad managed to bake...
Date Pandas: Part 3
_ **Part 3** _ We departed from the coffee shop once Marek had finished his Charkava. Not a fast process, even once we'd got done stroking one another. We spoke on for the longest time, about things I didn't even know I could speak that long...
Gym Pandas
_ **Gym Pandas** _ Friday evening. A little before 9pm. Standard scene. The gym had quietened down after the post-workday rush. Most folk still hanging around the leisure centre were either busy upstairs in their dance class, or playing handball out...
Foundations: Part 10 - Final (AaO Side Story)
_ **Part 10** _ _(Alen)_ Down on the ground I found myself, sunlight flowing through the balcony doors. The tan carpeting below, the glass coffee table above; it shone and sparkled off everything, lighting the whole living room in a blissful...
Foundations: Part 9 (AaO Side Story)
_ **Part 9** _ _(Jonas)_ "Martin was the first Maleni I really got to know back at high school." "Maleni?" Alen mumbled past the finger in his mouth, slipping it out to swipe up more residue from his glass. "Really?" "You sound surprised?" "I...
Foundations: Part 8 (AaO Side Story)
Part 8 (Alen) For me, subtitled movies could be tough to follow sometimes once their pace really got going. This one had taken me onto a whole new level, however. Actors seemed to take every opportunity possible to switch back and forth between...
Foundations: Part 7 (AaO Side Story)
_ **Part 7** _ _(Jonas)_ I kept my back to Alen, huddling up so close to the edge of the bed that I could've easily fallen off. My fur stood on end, sheets doing nothing to warm me no matter how tight I held them. How could he do this to me?...
Lunchtime at Riki's (AaO Universe Side Story)
_ **Lunchtime at Riki's** _ "Things are gonna be okay," I called up to Zoran, backing away from the doorway of our apartment as he stormed in with the morning's mail in paw. "Don't get worked up about it." "Don't get worked up!?" he boomed,...
Escaping the Storm: Part 6
Part 6 In the days that followed his discovery of Viktor's opinion on Polcians living in Velika, Erik made a conscious, determined effort to cut all contact with him. Largely, he remained successful; their only subsequent encounters being the...
Against All Odds: Part 18 - ...and Stark Realities
**_Part 18: ...and Stark Realities_** _(Alexei)_ Alexei glanced over towards the pavement on the other side of the road, a sickening sense of dread starting in his stomach once he found the call's source. "No... not this scum again." The gang...
Against All Odds: Part 17 - Wishful Dreams...
**_Part 17 - Wishful Dreams..._** _(Alexei)_ A cool afternoon breeze swept through Alexei's fur as he stepped off the bus and into suburbia, taking the edge off of the bright sunshine beaming down upon the northern side of the city. As was...
Against All Odds: Part 14 - Battlefields
Part 14 - Battlefields (Nathan) "You've the same number of reality shows here as we do back home," Nathan smirked, sitting beside Erik upon the living room couch. On the television, a young vixen sang off key for a panel of four unimpressed...