A Lion's Needs: Curiosity (Part 5 of 7)
Eleven months ago _I was lying in bed, relaxed when Cam entered the spare room Rob had lent me to crash in. There was something about him I couldn't place. Something new. An embarrassed grin shaped his lips. A lightness in his eyes, so different...
Good Neighbors 7: Regret
Anxiety encompassed the days that had passed since I shouted Max out of my apartment. I knew I should apologise, I just couldn't reconcile everything he'd told me with the things I felt. But Ralph would text me. Ralph would call me. He'd find all these...
Good Neighbors 1: Beating Heartbreak
"So what's the deal?" I crept my thick fingers up Gabbie, my girlfriend's leg, staring into her eyes with a bit of uncertainty. "You haven't been in the mood for a week now." I brushed my thumb under the edge of her shorts, sneaking my hand up her...
Good Neighbors 6: Indulgence
I agonised over sending it. _Sorry_. It wasn't a good message but it was one I had to send. Regret gnawed at me. It had been days since I'd had my date with Hope but I flaked on her the instant Ralph made his body available to me. I'd never...
Good Neighbors 5: Stalked
Only I could fix myself. It was a realization that had dawned on me the day after Ralph came into my place of work. I didn't need to remind myself that I nutted in him thrice, that was all I could really think about. I was obsessive. The thought of...
Good Neighbors 4: Seduction
Those damn cats had ruined me. First it was Max, with his coy seduction and sharp words. Then Ralph, with his demure body, his pink paws, his everything. He was too much. And I couldn't have him. Max would be furious if I even tried, and I...
Good Neighbors 3: Pent Up
Getting Max off my mind was impossible. Like, actually impossible. He drifted through my idle thoughts. Memories of him clawed his way into my focus. The bastard had even wrangled himself so tightly into my break up that the moment I felt a...
The Plumber
A sharp rap at the door put an end to my waiting. The plumber was here. I rolled my shoulders as I went to let him in, there was a lot I wanted to get done today and waiting on a tradesman wasn't one of them. I'd been splitting hairs over an...
Director's Cut
My footfalls thundered through the airport. For a tiger I could make a lot of noise if I had to. My heart pounded in my chest. "Sorry!" I shouted as I shouldered past a happy couple in the race for the gate. I couldn't let her get away. After...
Lit Fuse
The brandy burned. I sneered as I gulped it down and slammed my glass on the bar. I clutched the thick rocks glass in a meaty paw, teeth bared as I begged it to shatter under the pressure. But it resisted. I didn't have the heart to really crush...
Unison
You were estranged. The years were cold and cruel. For a being of warm passion, it was torture. The lion pranced about his prairie. While you were chained, disavowed and repressed. You called to him. He seldom answered. Fleeting...
Mutt. (A Wolf's Plea)
"How did it feel being a millionaire's puppy?" My voice sounded a little tinny, spoken from behind a camera. A wolf sat centred in frame, seated on a milk crate with his back to a brick wall in an alleyway. He had gentle brown fur interspersed with...