Chapter 1
CHANNING
‘Whoooooosh!’ Channing squealed, the wind in his face as he peddled as fast as his slender legs would allow. ‘We have the first ever Little to win the Tour de France!’
Channing giggled.
While he may have been in shape and a decent cyclist, he was never going to enter let alone win the Tour de France.
But that wasn’t important. Channing was up early and determined to have the best day.
It may have only just turned seven thirty in the morning, but the sun was very much out in Los Frisco. It was going to be another hot day, that much was clear.
With the sky a perfect and unblemished blue color, Channing had the perfect early morning motivation to push himself harder and faster on his brand-new road cycle.
I’ve got this.
I’m beating my PB.
Today’s the day I do it…
Channing was cycling to work and was determined to get to his destination quicker than ever. After all, having just spent three thousand dollars on a new bike, he felt like he had a lot to prove. It wasn’t every day that Channing would spend such a large amount of money, and he wanted to know that the expenditure for the extra light aluminum frame had been worth it.
Channing Bale was twenty-three and an up-and-coming green energy executive at Green Sky Future, an environmental research organisation.
With his surfer-boy blonde hair and dazzling blue eyes, Channing looked like a surf pro. But it was Channing’s hard work and studiousness in the office that truly set him apart.
There was an opening higher up in Green Sky Future, with the position of Junior VP needing filling. Channing knew he was young, but such was his passion for the work that he was determined to land the job and help take the company to new heights.
However, as career focused as Channing was, he had other interests too.
Channing was a committed volunteer at the local dog rescue center. Having been helping out at Bark Buddies for well over a year, Channing had completely fallen in love with each and every dog he had come into contact with as they waited to be rehomed.
The truth was that Channing would have done anything to take just one of the dogs home with him, but he knew that his long work hours meant it just wasn’t doable. After all, being single and living alone meant that any dog would struggle to have enough quality time with him.
It may have been with a sad heart, but Channing knew deep down that he just didn’t have the time for his own dog. For now at least, Bark Buddies dog center would have to be the outlet to meet his tail-wagging, fur-ruffling doggy needs.
However, Channing didn’t have any time to lament his lack of a canine companion. With the sleeves of his pale blue t-shirt flapping in the wind, Channing whizzed around the corner and applied the breaks.
Not only was Channing a career focused dog lover, he was also a Little too.
Deep down, Channing had always known he was a Little, but it had taken him quite some time to feel like he could express himself in that way.
During his time at college, his mind had blossomed and developed a better understanding of what it meant to be a Little, and of what it meant to crave nothing more than a Daddy to look after him.
But college being college, it maybe wasn’t the best place to be honest and open about it. With the jocks and a generally pretty macho environment even with the academic students, it never truly felt like a safe place for Channing to be who he wanted to be.
The idea of wearing a diaper or carrying around his most loved stuffie, Billy the duck wasn’t something that Channing could contemplate doing.
Channing would sometimes privately play with coloring pencils back in his dorm room, but beyond that the vast majority of his Little self was kept firmly under wraps and inside his mind.
However since moving to Los Frisco, Channing had gained confidence.
Los Frisco was a liberal place where generally speaking anyone could be who they wanted to be. Sure, even Los Frisco had some judgmental and mean people, but on the whole Channing knew that he could feel far more free in how he expressed himself.
With some wonderful Little friends and the Beach Babies club to hang out in, Channing had established a nice Little life for himself.
The only thing missing was finding a Forever Daddy to make his life complete.
