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?...
Foundations: Part 6 (AaO Side Story)
_ **Part 6** _ _(Alen)_ What remained of Saturday came and went at a staggering pace. That afternoon, I joined Jonas and his family on their trip to Kastenic, a larger town just along the coast. The pool that Mirko had suggested to us back in...
Foundations: Part 5 (AaO Side Story)
_ **Part 5** _ _(Alen)_ I woke to a stray beam of sunlight the next morning, creeping in past the curtains above to jab me perfectly between the eyes. Normally, I'd have frustrated at waking up so early on a Saturday. At least, I figured it to be...
Foundations: Part 4 (AaO Side Story)
_ **Part 4** _ _(Jonas)_ I managed to make it all the way back to my parents' without murdering my little brother. Probably a positive when all'd been said and done, even with his non-stop bitching. "Hey, Ma," he cried, swerving around the front...
Foundations: Part 3 (AaO Side Story)
_ **Part 3** _ _(Jonas)_ Man, I was _so_happy Ma and Alen got on as well as they did. Not that I had any real doubt. Ma's so chatty and open, friendly and welcoming, that I never saw how it could go any different. Poor Alen. I could read him like a...
Foundations: Parts 1 and 2 (AaO Side Story)
_ **Foundations** _ _ **Part 1** _ _(Alen)_ Swipe after swipe, I grabbed the bedsheets to pull myself forwards. The mattress below kept on shifting. Straining. It made it tough to stay upright. Tougher still to carry on crawling. "I'll find you,"...
Fences (AaO Universe)
_ **Fences** _ Lili slammed closed the cabinet beside our stove. "You can't seriously be considering this?" "Actually..." I watched her storm across our tiny kitchen. "I am." "But why _you_?" She looked down, groaning loudly at her empty paws. "Have...
Power Play (AaO Universe)
**_Power Play_** My neck jerked hard as my tired head slipped from the paw that'd somehow managed to hold it up. I gasped gently; shocked by the sight of my study desk racing towards me. Somehow, I caught myself before making contact. Dear gods,...