This is a short work of erotic fiction containing furry, or anthropomorphic, characters, which are animals that either demonstrate human intelligence or walk on two legs, for the purposes of these tales. It is a thriving and growing fandom in which creators are prevalent in art and writing especially.
All work is fiction intended for fantasy only, regardless of content, and consent must always be acquired when engaging in any sex act with another adult.
Please note that all characters are clearly over eighteen and written as such in all stories.
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Dale sighed, sitting at baggage claim at the airport, though he was glad to be back home, despite his tiredness. A lot was going on and, to be fair, it had been a hard run of it over there, even though it should have been a simple job, retrieving data, destroying it -- and so on. All for his employer and all standard practice, even though he had not expected the scuffle, the rain of bullets. Thankfully, he had gotten out with his life and, well, perhaps he would be a bit more careful in future. Yet it was not the sort of thing that even Dale could have anticipated going into that job, even if hazard pay, to be entirely fair to his employer, had been included in his rates.
He should ask for more next time.
He rubbed his face, trying not to worry about it too much, though he'd realised, on heading to the bathroom, that a black eye was forming, blooming on the flight home. That was a pain, but nothing that he could change in hindsight, not after being roughed up as he had been. An announcement came over the tannoy system, though Dale paid it no mind, looking at the wallpaper on his phone with a soft smile. Of course, it was Pepper, his anthro wolf girlfriend. Everyone had been shocked that he'd managed to land such a woman, but, well, it had been her that had captured him, in a way. He'd always thought of himself as plain but still good-looking -- just with nothing in particular that would actually stand out about him, which was okay too. He didn't have to have more than his cropped short brown hair, brown eyes, a harder line to his jaw and stubble that, truthfully, he could not wait to shave clean again. He hated having any hair on his face, finding it too itchy and scratchy.
He thumbed the screen, even though it was cracked, Pepper there, smiling, laughing, though there was a presence about the grey wolf even on the screen, where he had merely captured her image, the likeness of her. She was a couple of years older than him, though her laugh was infectious, her body curvy -- nothing like a cheerleader or anything that he had kind of been infatuated with back in college. But, that didn't matter -- what mattered was that they were together, that she had hooked him, so very easily, and that they had everything they wanted. Her long, black hair, in the picture, bounced back over her shoulder in a tidy braid, but, even then, Dale could not stop his eyes from dropping to her breasts, appreciating her form. She was his girlfriend, after all, even though, well...
Well, perhaps he would come back to that thought, the thought that warmed his cheeks, that made him feel tingly all over. One way or another, he would get there.
Of course, Pepper had sent him a text -- all full of hearts and kisses, welcoming him home. He smiled widely, unable to help himself.
Bishop, the anthro canine that he had already been through so much with, seemed to be sorting the bags. It was funny how their relationship had changed, as platonic male friends, shifting quickly when they had been overseas, even though he'd known Bishop from college, of course. It had been Bishop who had given him the lead-in to his job, a year ahead of him in college even though, ultimately, Bishop had decided that college was not for him, working his way through solely to do what he needed to do and no more than that.
In fact...Bishop had played a more important role in Dale's life than anticipated, considering that, without him, perhaps he and Pepper had never met. It had been Bishop that had gotten Dale increasingly out of his shell and had taken him to his first party in his first year. After meeting Pepper there, well -- sparks had flown and, between him and Pepper, the rest was history.
He was glad to be back home, though Bishop had muttered something about it simply being a "different kind of hell hole". The dog anthro was just as worn out as Dale, slumping over at the shoulders, though it seemed that he had found their luggage a side more quickly than Dale had been able to, wheeling over Dale's suitcase as he dragged his own behind him.
"There you go, bud," he said, brushing his hand back over the top of his own head, between his pricked ears. "You good?"
Dale grimaced.
"Eh... Not really. Sitting on the floor of a cargo plane for eight hours... Yeah, that really sucks."
Bishop shot him a sympathetic look.
"I get that," he said. "A good kinda sucking though? I mean, you aced it there, kudos to you."
Dale sighed and shook his head, though he knew that Bishop didn't blame him. Things had gone pear-shaped in the worst of ways out there, but they had at least come through it in one piece. It had, however, made him think about what was important to him, regardless of how rattled he was.
Bishop didn't blame him for being shaken and clasped his shoulder sympathetically.
"Yeah, I'm still shaken up over that too."
Dale didn't say anything to that. It was a blatant like, but, really, he appreciated that Bishop was trying to make him feel better. They'd gotten closer while overseas, admittedly. It was probably the way of it, especially after something that had ended up a lot riskier, in a battlefield, than anyone had anticipated.
"You gonna tell me what you got there then?" Bishop said with a toothy grin, lips pulling back to show too many teeth, though it should have already been obvious what the velvet box was, set on Dale's knee, close and safe. "Or is that a going away present you got for me, hm?"
Dale smiled, though he did not blush. It was not something to be embarrassed about, not as he showed Bishop the engagement ring that he had gotten, of course, for Pepper, set with a diamond, a couple more small ones set into the band. It was, hopefully, her style, but he'd wanted to choose something that he hadn't seen before, something that, even if he couldn't afford a huge rock (it was not important to be flashy, after all), was uniquely her. He'd gotten her ring measurement, rather sneakily, by taking one of her old rings to the jewellery store, though they had been more than happy to help.
Even though Bishop knew exactly what was in the box, he gasped and faked being shocked as Dale jabbed him in the ribs.
"What -- me? Me?" Bishop fell back, hand to his head, pretending to swoon. "Oh, happy days! I had no idea, Dale, that you thought about me that way!"
"Oh, get off -- people are staring!"
Bishop laughed and plopped down on the bench beside Dale, for they had some time left before their time slot for the hire car, which would get them back home, would be available.
"Well, if I had a girl as pretty as your wolf, I'd sure propose to her too. You're a lucky man, Dale. She is the one you're proposing to, right?"
Dale nodded, though suppressed the urge to roll his eyes. He knew, in his own way, that Bishop was just trying to distract him from the world and life that they were coming back from. It was appreciated, but still a little overt.
He sighed, rubbing his arm.