Seeing Adrian have a pep in his step as he pranced into the animal shelter was the fastest Brody saw him move ever since he left the hospital ward. Brody couldn't slow him down as Adrian was just so excited to see Ollie.

This was the first time Brody had even stepped inside a shelter, and immediately he had to ignore the smell. The scent was strong and all of the noises inside the building were loud as well.

Brody saw Adrian from afar, already opening up one of the cages with one lone dog. From both of their reactions alone, Brody could tell that the dog was Ollie, as Adrian had a massive grin ever since he stood outside the cage.

From all the times Adrian described the four legged creature, he really was an instant ball of joy around Adrian.

Brody watched as Adrian feathered the dog with cuddles and kisses. A part of Brody was wishing that it was him instead of the dog, not that Adrian was never affectionate towards Brody but he just liked the softness and attention from Adrian.

"They're a cute pair, aren't they?"

Brody turned to look at the person besides him. He looked at the name tag and realised it was the manager of the shelter. "Just the cutest." Brody answered back.

"I don't think we've met before," Shelly held her hand out and shook Brody's hand. "I'm Shelly, are you here looking for any animal in particular?"

Brody smiled politely at her. "Brody, and no actually, I'm just here with Adrian."

"Aaahhhh," Shelly had the sudden realisation after realising why the name was so familiar. "So you're the infamous Brody that Adrian keeps talking about to Ollie."

Brody tilted his head as he looked confused at the pair playing with each other on the floor. "He talks about me to Ollie?"

Shelly leaned against the side of the wall as she also looked at Adrian and Ollie. "All the time."

"All good I hope."

"Eventually," Shelly joked. "At the beginning it was all, 'Brody is such a jerk' and 'Brody think he's such a pretty boy'."

Brody laughed wholeheartedly at Adrian's first impressions of himself, "And now?"

"Well he still calls you a pretty boy. Only now it's added with 'Brody is stupidly gorgeous', 'Brody is so sweet and caring', and 'Brody's just the best person I know'."

Brody looked in awe at Adrian, who was now giving Ollie belly rubs. Ollie was all too happy at the affection his boyfriend was giving him, and Adrian was just as happy too.

"But don't tell him I told you that, he's just going to get all shy about it and decline everything."

Brody wanted to know why Shelly was telling him all of this, and so Shelly told him honestly. "You two clearly have got a great thing going on, I just hope you both can keep it that way."

Brody nodded along as he agreed to keep it between them, happy to keep the moment precious in his heart. Adrian was busy holding Ollie who was licking him back. Adrian spared a glance to Brody, and Brody smiled when he saw Adrian silently looking at him with warmth and sweetness.

Adrian turned his attention back to playing with Ollie while Brody continued to look softly at Adrian. With a glint in his eyes, Brody's eyes sparkled because of how he felt about the boy with the dog. His heart was beating fast, just thinking about the 5 little words that were spinning around in his head lately.

'I think I'm in love.'

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Ollie was following Adrian around the house as Adrian showed him his new home. Before they left to pick him up, they did a quick clean to get rid of anything fragile or dangerous from Ollie's reach.

Adrian carried Ollie's bed upstairs and set it outside his room. "And this is your bed Ollie." Ollie seemed to understand as he waggled over to it and snuggled into the bed briefly before following Adrian into his room.

Brody was the lackey as he was storing all of the things they bought for Ollie into the cupboards. Food bowls, grooming equipment, leads and toys, there was still lots more that Brody unpacked and put ready for Ollie.

Brody filled up the bowls as he placed the food and water bowls by the back door. He was putting the dog lead by the coat stand when Adrian came down the stairs with Ollie close by behind him.

"Now, this special guy is Brody." Adrian stood in front of Brody and gave him a quick kiss. He then crouched down to talk to Ollie as Ollie climbed into his lap. "And you have to make sure you both get along."

As if reacting to those words, Ollie came up and circled Brody. Brody hesitantly stood on the spot as Ollie began sniffing him. Shortly afterwards Ollie began jumping up to Brody, who was informed by Adrian that he wanted to play with him.

Brody began petting his head gently as Ollie accepted the affection. Brody turned to look at Adrian, "I think he likes me?"

"Of course, everyone that lives in this house likes you." Adrian kissed Ollie's head before kissing Brody's head.

Brody looked back at Adrian horrified, "Next time, switch that order please?"

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For dinner Brody quickly whipped up a bit of chicken and pasta for dinner. Brody didn't miss how Adrian gave Ollie a little bit of his chicken at every opportunity when Ollie looked at their food. When Adrian wouldn't feed Ollie his food, Ollie turned to Brody who gave in also.

They were both weak to puppy dog eyes.

After they finished eating, they went to lie down on the sofa as they put on a Netflix show that they hadn't seen.

Brody had sat down first, arms open as he welcomed Adrian besides him. When Adrian sat with him, Ollie decided to join them on the couch as he jumped up and snuggled between them.

Ollie pressed himself against Adrian's stomach which earned him a little hiss in pain.

Brody rubbed Adrian's shoulder gently, silently asking if he was alright when Ollie looked up at Adrian too, with sadness.

"It's okay Ollie, I know you didn't mean to." Adrian softly rubbed the back of Ollie's fur as he gently settled down back on Adrian's lap.

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It was time for bed and they already had their routine settled in. After brushing their teeth and stripping down to get comfortable in their sleep, they were in bed together when Brody began kissing Adrian's neck.

Adrian was too busy and focussed on Brody's lips on him to stop because of the gentle noises from behind the closed doors. Adrian's libido wanted to ignore it but he knew he couldn't, and that he couldn't enjoy any of this with Ollie crying in the background.

Brody came to the same conclusion as he stopped and rested his head on Adrian's shoulder. "I'm going to open the door."

Adrian nodded when Brody let Ollie in, already jumping up onto the bed and taking the warm spot that Brody had just left.

"Hey buddy, that's where I sleep."

Adrian laughed when Ollie didn't seem to move from the bed. Only when Adrian called Ollie to lie down next to him did Ollie obey.

Brody joined the pair back on the bed as he pulled the blanket to cover them all up. Only when they were all snuggled up by the warmth of the blanket did Brody give Adrian a kiss goodnight before affectionately patting Ollie's head.

Adrian waited for Ollie to readjust his position so he was more comfortable, and he then kissed him on the nose and turn off the lights. "Night Ollie, good boy."

Brody coughed gently as he pulled Adrian closer. "Where's my sweet message?" Brody whispered in the darkness.

Adrian reached out blindly to pat Brody's leg. "Night Brody, good boy."

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