Life is Just a Storm. Chapter One. Autumnal Catalyst
Being surrounded by gentle breezes of an autumnal evening calmed Lukan Benka. It comforted him. Made him feel safe. The cool air chilled his senses. Refreshed him. Made him feel at peace. Gave him tranquility. Could even say it made him happy. The cool...
Life is Just a Storm- Chapter 2- Decision's Echo
It has been a few days since Lukan had first met the enigmatic and quite the intriguing otter in the park. And in those days that passed, Lukan was completely unable to chase him out of his mind. No matter what he tried to focus on, there he was. His...
Life is Just a Storm- Chapter 4- Imperfect Certainty
Lukan could not get the otter out of his mind. Not even just because of the idea of his presence in the raccoon's life now, but also because the procyon feared that he made the otter upset at him. Now this... This was one of the other reasons Lukan...
Life is Just a Storm- Chapter 7- Silver Reality
There was no time to hide. No time to run. Lukan knew that he was about to come face to face with Klaus' ex boyfriend in just a few seconds. Awkward situations that were to inevitably arise from happenings such as this were one of the things Lukan...
Life is Just a Storm- Chapter 3- Wavering Mind
November. The symbolically christened Autumn, Phase Two began with an icy wind knocking and rattling against Lukan's bedroom window. The otter had decided to stay the night over and was unusually happy to be sleeping on the floor next to Lukan's bed....
Life is Just a Storm- Chapter 8- Enigmatic Request
"I got it! I got the job!" came the sudden exclamation from the familiar and beautiful voice that Lukan had always enjoyed hearing. Klaus came running right at Lukan, just as the procyon was finishing yet another annoying day at work. Eira was back to...
Life is Just a Storm- Chapter 12- Reason
Time went by. Days. Weeks. A month? Or close to it? Lukan lost track. It felt like Christmas did not even happen. The New Year came and went. It all passed Lukan by so quickly, that he did not even have time to react. In that time, it did not truly...
Life is Just a Storm- Chapter 13- Winter's Gallows
Klaus sighed as he sat with Lukan, outside the store, on a cold, wet bench facing the mountain to the south. He looked like he didn't want to speak. Like he didn't want to be there at all and be anywhere else other than the situation he was in at that...
Life is Just a Storm- Chapter 14- Blizzard of the Heart
With what had just happened fresh in Lukan's mind, there was a guarantee that the raccoon would fail to even remotely sleep soundly that night, especially given that he was still at the otter's house, sleeping over as if nothing had actually just...
Life is Just a Storm- Chapter 9- One of Us
Lukan loved Klaus. He loved him so much. But if there was something he really did not enjoy about being over at his house was not his little sister like Klaus had thought. No. It was something else. Something simple, and yet, Lukan did not see it...
Life is Just a Storm- Chapter 6- Golden Illusion
Lukan had nightmares for several of the nights that followed. It was the same dream every time too. His uncle, molesting him as a cub. But why...? Lukan was never there when the otter's uncle had done such horrific deeds? Why would Lukan dream anything...
Life is Just a Storm- Chapter 16- Hidden Thoughts
Sixteen. Hidden Thoughts "What...? You two used to be...?" Lukan breathed, redundantly repeating himself out of pure shock. Aero kept his head dipped. "We were. And we used to be madly in love with each other too. More so than most couples could...