Zoo Lovers Day

There was a massive crowd around the wolf enclosure, and before Boyd got to the glass, he already knew what was happening inside.

"Are they... stuck?" a woman asked, confusion in her voice.

"Are they... both male?" another person asked.

Boyd sighed and pushed past the crowd to look into the enclosure.

Yep. They were both male. And they were indeed... stuck.

Not that either seemed to mind.

They were also decidedly not part of the zoo's pack.

He groaned and got out of there before people noticed his uniform and started asking questions.

As he walked away, he pulled out his phone and dialed a number he'd become entirely too familiar with over the last few months.

"Alpha Makris," he said when it connected, not waiting for Nikos to say hello. "It's Boyd again. From the zoo."

Nikos's growl said he knew exactly why Boyd was calling. "I'll talk to them. Again."

"Part of me wants to say maybe hold off. Our ticket sales spike every time they pull this shit. But if I have to explain to one more person how they get 'stuck,' I think I'm going to lose my mind."

"Fair. And again, sorry." He paused, then added in a warmer voice that wanted to curl its way down Boyd's spine, "To make up for my idiot pack members, can I buy you dinner sometime?"

Behind Boyd, there was a loud, "Oooh, wolves are vers?!"

From the sound of things, an enterprising person in the crowd had started taking bets on how long they'd be stuck together this time.

It was loud enough for Alpha Makris to hear, if the impressive string of curses he let out was anything to go by. "At a very nice restaurant," he amended. "This Friday?"

Two women walked by where Boyd had stopped on the path.

"Can you imagine if your boyfriend could do that?" one asked the other.

"Yes," Boyd said into the phone, his cheeks heating. "Yes, I'd like that."

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