The One He Brought Home

Orlando has a thriving accounting practice and more rescue dogs than any reasonable person probably should. He doesn’t need gregarious animal shelter volunteer Noah making puppy dog eyes at him about leaving a sad little canine behind.

He probably doesn’t need Noah asking him on a date, either. Allosexuals are usually more trouble than they’re worth.

The problem is, puppy dog eyes demonstrably work on Orlando, or he wouldn’t be hip deep in rescue dogs. Also, unlike most people, Noah seems to have at least a couple of clues about asexuality.

Hrmph. Maybe it’s worth taking a chance after all?

THE ONE HE BROUGHT HOME is a kisses-only first date short story with middle-aged main characters, grilled cheese sandwiches, and a Happy for Now ending for a tattooed panromantic asexual guy and an allosexual gay man with pink hair.

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Please note: I, the author, am not ace, but this story was requested by an ace friend, and it was beta read by that person and then by additional ace readers and authors. I was grateful for their feedback and incorporated it to the best of my ability.

50% percent of the profits from this story will be donated to Out Youth Austin, which supports LGBTQIA+ young people.