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

“Fine,” he said, slumping his shoulders in defeat. “I want you to know that I’m not agreeing to this because I’m giving up on us. I will happily come home the minute you call me. Let the record show that this was your idea. If time apart is what we need to survive as a couple, well, so be it.”


Erika clenched her jaw. “Fourteen minutes.”


Austin threw a few changes of clothes and his toiletries into their only proper suitcase, then put what he needed for work into his backpack. The whole time he wondered about where he would go. He certainly wasn’t going to stay with Neil. He had complicated their friendship enough, and he didn’t want Erika thinking Neil was the person he would rather be with. He sent out a group message to his other friends asking for a place to crash that night. For all he knew, Erika would wake up the next morning, realize she had blown things out of proportion, and invite him home in time for breakfast.


Chapter 32