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...
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...
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...
Chapter 2: A Nick and Knox Story
— Knox — I jolted awake, sitting bolt upright and knocking the knit blanket that someone draped over me to the floor. Three thoughts hit me in rapid succession, along with the ghost of sensation; warm breath on my cheek, a tingle in my lips. I...
What We Are: An Axel and Isaac Story
Axel told his mother he had a stomach bug and needed to stay home and lie down. He certainly felt weak, nauseous, and dizzy. But the puma knew he wasn't sick... No. All throughout the previous night, and into the morning, his thoughts returned to the...
Chapter 1: A Nick and Knox Story
— 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 anymore. Ever...
Deadlines: Hicktown Hearts Part 5
— Knox — Birds chirping outside my window pulled me from the deepest sleep I’d had in, well, I don’t really remember when. I cracked open one eye and immediately shut it again; the sun was blasting its rays through the tiniest...
Harder Choices: An Axel and Isaac Story
Axel trudged through a thick Saturday morning fog. He'd been walking for almost half an hour, heading to a local park. At last, the entrance to the manicured gardens came into view, and right there, standing on the sidewalk, was... "Isaac!" Axel ran...