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

Neil took a few pictures of himself with Bunny. Austin stood behind the camera and waved his hands to get her attention. Mostly she wanted to lie with her head on the floor so someone could keep petting her.


“You should have seen her after her surgery,” Austin said. “She was like a ragdoll. Her head wouldn’t stay up for anything and she couldn’t have cared less about it.”


“Aww, I’m sure you were so cute, Bunny-boo.” Neil smooched her head. “You want a picture with me and Austin? Do ya? Huh?”


Austin crawled into the shot, cramming the usual thoughts that happened when his ass was exposed back with the rest. This close, the nuances of Neil’s aroma became clearer. There was the cologne, an underlay of sweat, the crisp tang of recently ironed clothes, and something Austin couldn’t place, but he liked it. He mentally cursed CJ for telling him he liked Neil. It was worse than when someone pointed out that he was breathing and then he couldn’t help but breathe consciously for a while.


Chapter 24