Austin Inverness loves dogs and his wife, Erika. Erika was the only girlfriend Austin ever had who didn’t judge him for being bisexual, and dogs never judge, period. Unfortunately, Erika isn’t much of a dog person. Airman Neil Stafford has been deployed to Turkey for a six-month tour and he enrolls his schipper-poo, Bunny, in the Fosters for Fighters program that arranges fostering for soldiers' pets. There he meets Austin, who will foster Bunny while Neil is overseas. The two men keep in touch via Skype and Austin is delighted by how well they get along. Erika, on the other hand, is delighted by how little she has to do to take care of Bunny. That is, until Bunny needs an emergency trip to the vet. By the time Neil returns home, Austin has noticed key differences between his wife and the new friend he can’t stop thinking about. As for Neil, he knows for sure he wants Austin in his life, but not at the cost of his friend's marriage. When Austin realizes Erika questions his bisexuality, the cracks in their relationship quickly spread and Austin questions everything, including if he can make the right choice. Will Austin and Neil be able to overcome the bumps on the road to happiness?

Fostered Affections

“Bunny-bae!” he exclaimed, his voice already choked up. “Oh, Bunny-bae, I’m happy to see you, too…”


Austin was tearing up as well. He hadn’t seen Bunny this lively and exuberant in the whole six months she had been with him. The moment was so touching and heartwarming that Austin didn’t want it to end. At least he was getting it all on camera for future enjoyment.


Eventually Bunny lost some of her energy and merely lay on her back so Neil could rub her belly. Her eyes were closed in contentment, but the way her lips flapped open made her look goofy.


“Where’s this missing tooth?” Neil asked, tilting her snout for a better look.


Austin, who had ended the recording a minute prior, got down on his knees to show him. “See? You can’t even really tell anymore. This bottom tooth almost covers up the hole.”


“Yeah. Aside from comparing it to the other tooth, the only way you’d know it was ever there is you can see the slight indent on this tooth where it grew around the missing one.”


Chapter 23