Affurmation Chapter 7: Skirting The Issue
Wyatt shot a squirt of smoke out the corner of his mouth as his eyes roamed over the notations and musical ideas Taylor has spent the day indiscreetly working on during classes. His garnet eyes glowed as though by some invisible sorcery he was willing...
Affurmation Chapter 1: Late for School
Taylor sprinted up the steep incline of the hill toward the bus stop as quickly as his slender legs would carry him. His shoes hitting asphalt in earnest, the young red panda struggled against wind and gravity to make it to the bus stop. "No!" he...
Affurmation Chapter 3: What Friends Are For
Although the rest of the morning passed without incident, Taylor felt a nagging sense that he was still the outcast and that he'd never make any friends. Despite his childhood friend Gretchen, the sparkly blue-eyed Siamese cat, being in more than half...
Affurmation Chapter 4: Affurmation
The main hall was teeming with students, new and old, clustering around the bulletins, contemplating what clubs to join, what extracurricular to take part in. After all, these choices were no small matter. In making decisions to participate in sports...
Affurmation Chapter 5: Tuning Up
Taylor gasped as Wyatt's strong arms forced him against the wall of his bedroom. The silvery light of the moon gleamed off their fur in the darkness. Heart thumping erratically in his chest, the red panda felt powerless in the commanding vice-grip of...
Affurmation Chapter 6: Inch-By-Inch
Jasper exhaled slowly, his eyes closed, smoke leaving his lips in a milky trail of off-white. His cigarette hung loosely from his hand as he rocked languidly on one of the old swings of the old Scarborough playground. It was located behind the school...
Affurmation Chapter 2: Not-So-Ancient History
Taylor had always been teased at his former school for being androgynous and girly. In a small town where there was only one social norm and no room for deviation, Taylor had grown accustomed to the mockery and ridicule. His mannerisms and personality...