The Time It Takes

Cole and Arlie are good partners, good friends.  Their personal lives are a little more complicated.  Arlie, a sweet bi wolf, casually dates women he clearly has no chemistry with.  Cole, self-conscious and shy, is staying too long in an unhealthy relationship with a woman he feels more hated by every day.  They both have thoughts about each other's romantic lives.

When Cole's relationship ends, he struggles to pull himself out of the emotional spiral.  Things get more complicated after Arlie admits he dates only women because he's afraid his pack will reject him if he finds a man.  Well, Cole won't settle for that!  His new goal is to help his buddy be accepted for who he is—and to find true love.

Everything is going well, until Cole begins to realize he might not be as straight as he thought.  The discovery brings up old pain and old fears—and new feelings about Arlie.

45,000 words – low heat

(bi awakening, friends to lovers)