Lost and Found

On a bright autumn day, Flynn Marlowe lost his best friend, a beagle named Barley, while out on a hike in Seattle’s Discovery Park. On a cold winter day, Mac Bowersox found his best friend, a lost, scared, and emaciated beagle, on the streets of Seattle. Two men. One dog. When Flynn and Mac meet by chance in a park the next summer, there’s a problem -- who does Barley really belong to? Flynn wants him back, but he can see that Mac rescued him and loves him just as much as he does. Mac wants to keep the dog, and he can imagine how heartbreaking losing him would be -- but that's just what Flynn experienced. A “shared custody” compromise might be just the way to work things out. But will the arrangement be successful? Mac and Flynn are willing to try it ... and along the way, they just might fall in love.

Rick R. Reed · LGBT+

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72 Chs

Chapter 3

What could Flynn do? Insist? Demand a DNA test? Challenge the guy to a duel at sunrise? Simply punch the dude in his insufferably cute face and run off with the dog?

Flynn stared down at the path, dejected.

The redhead touched him—a tentative hand to his shoulder. A little squeeze. When Flynn looked up through his tears, he could see the distress on the other guy’s face as well. But was the cause of it the fact that he was lying or simple sympathy for another human being in pain? Flynn had no way of knowing without being accusatory.

He stared into the green eyes for a long time, noticed the flecks of mica-like gold in them, hoping to see the truth buried within. But those eyes, with their amazing irises that paired so well with the ginger hair, revealed nothing more than concern for Flynn.

“Look, man, I am sosorry about your dog. I know, from Hamburger, how they become our family. They’re like our kids, right?”

Flynn nodded, shoulders hunched.

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