How It Goes - Tom's Tale
The Ox de L'Amour brims with patrons. Over by the corner a leather-clad bear is towering over a fox dressed in a tight pair of shorts who's baring his midriff. A burly rhino is snogging his equally burly partner over in one of the corner couches. The...
How It Goes - Part 14
"Am I too heavy?" "Nah," Theo murmurs. "You're just right." Scott rubs his head against Theo's neck, and breathes in the scent of his bear. Theo gently maws one of Scott's ears. "That tickles." Scott squirms, as he licks at the edge of Theo's...
How It Goes - Part 13
Langdon hurries into the room with his .357 in hand. The gunshots ring through the building, and last he checked, only Umbra was on his tail. In the hallway he can't see anyone else, and with a tremble he closes the door. "Why are you here?" whimpers...
How It Goes - Part 23
Scott listens to the doorbell ring - the_Imperial March_an ominous welcome to his presence heard dimly through the door. The door unlocks, and Oscar peers out with his earphones askew. "Scott?" "Hey," Scott replies meekly as he rubs his hands. The...
How It Goes - End
The faint rattle of keys makes his ears twitch. The door unlocks like it always does - swiftly, loudly, harshly. The door swings open with a small creak. He is greeted to the familiar scent of his home. His den. He enters the hallway, closes the door,...
How It Goes - Part 4
Radiohead blares throughout the kitchen. Scott yawns, rubbing his eyes as he listens to Brian finish a phone call, sitting by the kitchen table. The smell of toast is in the air. "Right, great. Yeah, end of the week. Thanks a lot, uncle." Brian hangs...
The Inescapable Us - Chapter 4
Dew let the autumn wind dry the rest of his fur as he walked to the_Celephaïs_. It was six in the evening. The sun shone down the main street, already making its way down the horizon. It painted the city in a warm and cosy light. The sign of the hobby...
The Inescapable Us - Chapter 5
Tom hated group projects. His notes spanned fourteen pages, bullet point after bullet point on the Atlantis-Ma'ia conflict that had lasted two centuries a millennium ago; the Anglian Inquisition that had ended the feud between Atlantis and Ma'ia...
The Inescapable Us - Chapter 2
"Oh, fuck off." Dew grumbled as he rubbed his eyes. Hefty revving of some neighbour's car followed by screeching tires had startled the bear awake. The sheets shivered with him as he sat upright, and as he leaned on the windowsill he took a look at...
The Inescapable Us - Prologue
The end of the first day pressed down on Dew as he closed the door to the classroom. It wasn't an unfamiliar feeling, but he did not relish it either. The day was at an end, and it had brought the din of a fleeing crowd, of fellow students eager to get...
The Inescapable Us - Chapter 2.5
Dew failed to stifle a belch as he slumped in his chair. Next to him, Den was snorting derisively, but Nogard had a hint of a chuckle on his lips. "You fucking devoured that," Den shook his head in disbelief. "Language, young man," Nogard sighed as...
The Inescapable Us - Chapter 3
The changing room stunk of socks, jocks and sweat. The drizzle of the showers accompanied the ruckus of fellow students undressing with (in)appropriate banter, the less physically inclined shying away from the jocks who delighted in machismo, the vain...