About Chocolate Bites

by Vic Winter
16 pages / 3800 words
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Connor and his chocolate loving werewolf Dayton from Of Cocoa and Men are back for Connor's big day -- the opening of his very own bakery. Connor isn't nervous, or at least that's what he's telling himself. Good thing he has Dayton to help him through the opening jitters. Will his bakery be a success?

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Connor wasn't nervous.

He was excited; it was finally opening day of his very own bakery. This was the culmination of his dreams, the thing he'd been working for ever since he'd first walked into La Gourmande and asked to train under Pierre LaMonde, one of the best bakers in the country, or so Pierre would tell you. Connor'd learned his craft, he'd found a home, a place where he wanted to live and sell his wares. He'd found the perfect storefront, even if he did have to wait over a year to actually buy it.

It was here now, though: his opening day. The cases were full of pastries, cakes and cookies, the shelves loaded with bread and buns. There were a half dozen little tables with chairs spread out in the front of the shop with the hopes that people would drop in for bread and stay for a sweet bite or two along with a coffee, or even a hot chocolate. Dayton had insisted that there had to be hot chocolate available, no matter how hot the day outside. It was kind of cute, actually, how much his big, bad, growly lover was stupid for chocolate.

So, Connor wasn't nervous. He was anxious.

What if there were no customers? He shook his head; he'd built his reputation in town already by selling out of The Silver Kitchen Diner. Everyone knew him, knew his wares. Still. He was living with the town bad boy -- a werewolf who even had a bad boy reputation among his own kind. What if that put people off? What if they stayed away because he was gay and...

What if people stayed away because of the werewolf pacing in front of the counter, growling and looking at his watch?