Catch your Breath
Sweaty leather clung to Luka's face as Boris's hands yanked on the hood's laces, loosening it enough to pull it smoothly over Luka's forehead. He had to blink back tears at the sudden glare of the dim light, but the basement air felt wonderfully cool...
A Different Present
It was after midnight, and Ciro tried to keep his tail from squeezing between his legs as he looked around Boris's apartment. He had been to the tiger's flat before, but never on his own, and never with the intention to do what the tiger expected of...
Undersized
Sometimes, rules that seemed totally benign and sensible, even rules that seemed like they had been written for a good purpose, ended up being entirely unfair. For instance, there was a zoning law in parts of Aurora City that required rental agencies...
Appetites
The apartment stairs creaked under Tai's paws as he made his way to the basement. For all that the young wolf lived just a single floor above; he'd never had a reason to descend those stairs before. The light at the bottom landing had been burnt out...
A Present
The basement apartment was as sweltering as it always was in summer, and even though Ciro didn't mind the warmth, the humidity left the coyote's fur and especially his paws sweaty. The summer heat was harder on his roommates. Jordan, a smilodon and...
Calibrations
"Hey, Roska," Roska blinked at the sound of his name, and tried to focus through the haze at the charr responsible. The room was dark and crowded to begin with, which meant that he didn't think that whisky was entirely to blame for the blur he was...
The Alpha in the Alley
It's sometime after midnight on a Friday night, and the weather is almost uncannily warm for late November, with the full moon and the city lights of Aurora so bright you can't even see the stars. There wouldn't be much of a view of them from the...
Tight Spaces
The barrel sat in the corner of the basement den. It didn't look like much, but it stood out compared to the rest of the furniture all the same. The room was crowded by a badly worn couch and even more worn pool table, a big screen TV, nearly new, and...
Worked Over
**Worked Over** The building in front of Kory didn't look like much, a rundown strip mall in a neighbourhood of cheap, student-oriented apartments. Aside from a grungy looking pizza place, all four of the stores were closed, and the parking lot was...
Weekend Shift
Tark sighed irritably as he stepped into the cramped, overheated trailer, shrugging off his light jacket as quickly as he could. After a moment's thought, his undershirt followed in onto the floor. It wouldn't help, nothing did when you were a polar...
Playing to Lose
Braden smirked up at the heavyset trucker, the bear's sagging beer gut and heavy, muscular arms casting a shadow over the short and slender mustelid. The floor around them was crowded with a whole assortment of grinning guys... truckers in denim and...
Smothered Desires
The trucker purred as his muzzle parted from Anu's, leaving the taste of beer and smoke on the panther's tongue. With the cougar's soft belly pressing down on Anu's stomach, pinning him to the lumpy motel mattress, the slender feline couldn't have...