Love Is Always Write Volume 4

head to look at Chase.
    "Yes," Chase said and tucked them into the bedding. "You better get to sleep. Five in the morning is early." He threw an arm over Owen, pressed his body against him, and inhaled deeply.
    "Depends on what you're waking up for," Owen said and closed his eyes.
    THE END
    Author's Note
    This story is an adult spinoff from The Ravens Crossing (TRC) , a YA LGBTQ project Andi Lea co-created with two other published authors, Amanda Corlies and West Thornhill. Each storyline at TRC is the work of each individual author, but all stories work together in an overall story arc that is set within a shared fictional world. If you enjoyed this story and are intrigued by Wildwood and the cameo characters at Hearty Boys Bakery, you can read more about them over at TRC, where new stories post for free six days a week.
     
    Author Bio: Andi Lea (rhymes with tea) spent her youth in Southern California near the Pacific Ocean somewhere between Disneyland and Hollywood. As an adult, she traveled across North America like a gypsy, with three plucky kids. Andi returned to college and earned a degree in American Culture and Gender Studies. Currently, she is living in the mid-Atlantic nestled between the Appalachians and Washington, DC. She shares her home with three kids, three cats, one dog, and a cast of characters in her head.
    Independently published in elementary school, Andi gave away copies of her first hand-bound books to friends and family. In the late nineties, Andi and a few writer pals began entertaining readers for free online. After several years of uncommercial choices, she is now publishing for pay. Ideally, she'll make gobs of money.
    Never one to shy away from new experiences Andi has worked in the entertainment industry, a domestic violence shelter, owned her own business, was a beauty school drop-out, and held several other odd jobs. Shucking the day job routine, Andi has been able to devote herself to writing full-time. Currently she is channeling her creative energies into writing and publishing adventurous fiction with happy endings. Enjoy her daily musings, shenanigans, and thoughts about writing at http://andi-lea.com . You can read her YA LGBT series at http://www.theravenscrossing.org/ .You can also find Andi at Facebook , Twitter and Goodreads
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HELPFUL PAWS
    by Elyse Night

    This is Priscilla. My friend eloped with his bitch girlfriend and left Priscilla to me. Unfortunately, I think she is about to deliver puppies. I know nothing about girls and nothing about dogs, but don't think she can deliver on her own. I need help fast! My neighbor, Dr. Silver is the only vet in town and I think he hates me. He may have caught me skinny dipping in his pool...more than once.
    ~ Darlene P

    genre: contemporary
    tags: pets; dog; puppies; sweet-no sex; enemies to lovers; veterinarian; neighbors; humorous; home whelping
    words: 3,371
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    HELPFUL PAWS
    by Elyse Night
    Leigh groaned, head aching and mouth tasting like something had died in it. He slowly pulled himself from his cocoon of blankets, wavering unsteadily on his feet, before his balance came back to him. Scratching at his chest, he dragged his aching body to his bathroom, making his morning ablutions. He stared at his reflection with bleary blood-shot grey-green eyes, rubbing a hand over his cheeks to see if he needed a shave. Feeling no scruff, Leigh sighed in disgust. Running fingers through his shoulder length copper-red nest that he called his hair, he left the bathroom.
    He walked into his kitchen wearing only a pair of deep blue sweats, not fully awake. It took him a full fifteen minutes to realize that one: no the dish washer was not the coffee machine and two: it was quiet, too quiet for a Saturday morning. Leigh turned around to face the scarred kitchen table, not seeing his housemate and best friend, Brian, sitting there drinking his coffee, like usual. Instead, placed on the table was a scrap of paper.
    Curious and stomach roiling, Leigh lifted it off the table and skimmed through it. Disbelief coursed through him.
    Hey Leigh,
    If you're reading this note, then I and Veronica actually went through with our plan to elope! Sorry for not letting you in on it, but we weren't sure if we'd actually do it. So, we're gonna be gone for the next few months for our honeymoon. Going to fucking Hawaii, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand, man!
    Love,
    Brian and Veronica
    P.S. We left Priscilla with you. Can you take