A First for Everything: An Axel and Isaac Story
Axel groaned. He really hadn't had too much to do the first week of classes, but he'd been assigned his first essay of the year on Friday. The puma hated writing... the work itself wasn't bad, but he'd been assigned a topic and had to research it. Not...
Senior Year: An Axel and Isaac Story
_BRRRRRING!!!_ Ah, yes, the first bell of the first day of his final year of high school. Isaac hefted his heavy backpack over his shoulders, heading to his locker before going to homeroom. The slender fox was shorter than most of his peers, but his...
Riftspace: First Contact
— Hollin — “I am _bored!_” My words echoed around the hollow halls of the _Friedhelm_ as I paced toward my office. I was a very scrawny jaguar in a _big_, very _empty_ cage. Most of our company’s—Continuum Research Holdings—guests were in...
Riftspace, P2: Through the Glass
— Hollin — _Oh, god._ _Ow, ow, motherfucking OW._ I’m waking up slowly, and my head is killing me, which means at some point I passed out. I remember being handcuffed, then pulled off my ship, and bolted to a chair. Then— Nothing. Everything...
Chip's Long Night: Chip Part One
“Chip! Get your scrawny ass in the back, kid, we need the Coke replaced!” I sighed, rolling my eyes at the manager. Gabe was in his forties, so it really wasn’t out of place for him to call me ‘kid’. Still, I was nineteen, damn it! I’m an adult too!...
Bonfire Night: A Marco and Mitch Story
It had been almost a week since Marco and Mitch met, and the coffee date played on repeat through Marco's mind. He savored the memory of the smile on the husky's muzzle, the feel of his soft paw intertwined with his, and most of all, he couldn't stop...
Hollin's Bad Day: A Hollin Arensen Story
A lone, lanky jaguar, wearing an oil-stained brown coverall reclined in a chair, bouncing a ball off the metal walls of his office. The walls made a distinct hollow sound every time the ball connected; it was the only sound in the room, aside from his...
Hicktown Hearts
— Nicholas — I was driving down a stretch of highway that was just… corn. Corn to my left, corn to my right. For the last twenty miles, it had been fields and fields of nothing but corn. Man, I was _not_ used to being in the country...
Clay and Isaiah - Part 1
“Well," Clay said. “I think this is as good as it's going to get." He'd been lurking in his bathroom staring at the mirror, as though if he waited long enough, he'd magically become confident and attractive. Instead, the gray and white wolf flexed his...
Back to School: An Axel and Isaac Story
"It'll be all right, Axel. It's just another day." Isaac smiled softly at the puma as they drove to school. It was their first day back after everything that had happened, and Axel was terrified. He chewed a claw and bounced his leg as they trundled...
Hide and Seek: An Axel and Isaac Story
Axel awoke to a ringing in his ears. "Mmh, what..." Looking around, he saw Isaac snoring gently asleep with his head in the puma's lap. Axel stretched and looked at the clock. _11:32... been out for a couple hours._He glanced back down at the sleeping...
First Blush: A Marco and Mitch Story
Marco's eyes darted around a crowded café. He'd been sitting for a little more than thirty minutes, waiting for someone. Someone... he didn't know who. His buddy at the security firm he worked at had set him up on a blind date, telling Marco, "Get back...