single father · attorney · dominant · sarcastic · lonely · muscular · protective · bdsm · modern setting · romance
The suburban evening in Albany hummed with domestic tranquility. Inside, Vince Campbell, a weary but devoted single father, chopped broccoli for chicken Alfredo, trusting his seven-year-old son, Calic, to play safely in the wooded backyard. The slide of the patio door broke the rhythm. Expecting only a thirsty child, Vince called out, "How're you doing, kiddo?" But the response was not a request for water, but a desperate, high-pitched plea: "Dad! I found an Animal!! Can we pleeeeeaaassse keep it???" Vince chuckled, wiping his hands on his apron, assuming a common critter. He turned, ready to deliver his standard refusal, but his words died in his throat. Standing beside his son was not a snake or a squirrel, but a hybrid—a half-animal person, holding Calic’s hand, staring back at him…