About Between a Fox and a Hard Place: Home
by Misa Izanaki
40 pages
/ 15000 words
978-1-60370-417-5, 1-60370-417-5
Available file types - html, lit, pdf, prc
Returning from their ordeal in Japan, Aoi, Itsuki and Aya look forward to making love in their own bed, their own shower, and to getting back what passes for normal life for them. Aoi's dancing again, Itsuki is his usual possessive self, and Aya takes care of them all. Too bad things go horribly wrong, with a freak accident sending Aoi to the hospital. Aya and Itsuki try to take care of things, but it's tough to keep things going with their whole routine shattered.
When Aoi gets out of the hospital, he's not sure if he'll ever be able to dance again. Aya and Itsuki are trying to make ends meet, working outside the home, and between that and physical therapy, Aoi is having a tough time. Can he find a way to heal and to keep his life, and his loves, in balance so they can get back to life as they know it?Sample
It was nearly three in the afternoon when Aoi finally wandered, naked, into the kitchen with his now back-length hair caught in a loose tail. Aya sat at the table in a pair of penguin boxers, sorting a large box of mail. Bills went into one pile, stuff that was actually addressed to them went into another to be sorted later, and the rest went straight into the trash can. They all hated junk mail.
“Morning, bo-ya.” Aoi kissed the top of the boy’s head.
“Don’t you mean afternoon?”
Aoi’s eyes widened. “Are you serious? What time is it?”
“Almost three.”
“Damn, jetlag. I didn’t mean to sleep for that long.” Aoi stretched and flipped a bit of hair over his shoulder, glaring at it.
“You know, glaring isn’t going to make it grow back any faster.” Aya glanced over Aoi. “It looks fine.”
“I guess... it’s getting there, thanks to Itsuki’s mom and her potions. Where is our foxy man anyway?”
“I sent him out for some groceries. There’s nothing in the fridge, well, nothing edible anyway.” Aya sighed, tossing another envelope onto the bill pile. “We probably should have cleaned it out before we left for Japan.”
“We’ll make Itsuki do it when he gets back.” Aoi perked up and grinned. “So, does that mean I have you all to myself for a little while?”
“Don’t you have to be at work soon?”
“I have an hour.” He straddled his boy’s lap and slipped his arms around Aya’s neck. “That’s more then enough time for a quickie and a shower.”
“Aoi...”