Written for a challenge suggested by sweetchacha in the boybanddrabbles community...


‘I hear you got another pet…’

The line crackles, little bursts of static interspersing the sound of Lance’s voice as Chris presses his cell ‘phone close against his ear and squints in an effort to understand each syllable of every word that the other speaks.

‘… didn’t we tell you after the whole pug-fiasco not to put yourself through that trauma again?’

‘Who says I got a dog?’ he asks, cuts a glance towards the pet-bed in the corner of his kitchen, smiles as he watches Justin stir, blink sleepily awake, lift a hand to scratch at his new collar...