lunch.”
…Angelo
One month later
I T ’ S Zach’s birthday, and he’s fuckin’ hatin’ it. Thirty-five. Guess that’s a
big deal to him. We do the dinner thing with Jared’s whole family, and Matt and Jared have a moment that’s so damn sweet it’ll make your teeth hurt—but that’s another story.
We get back home, and we do what we usually do: we turn on some music and sit in the dining room workin’ on a puzzle. Zach’s actin’ kinda funny, glancin’ at me sideways. I wait for him to say somethin’, but he never does. Not ’til we’re gettin’ ready for bed. I just finished brushin’ my teeth when he comes in the bathroom. He stands next to me, lookin’ down at me, and his cheeks are turnin’ red.
“What’s up with you?” I ask.
He takes my hand. He leans over and kisses my palm, then puts something in my hand, looking up at me with a question in his eyes.
It’s eyeliner.
I just laugh. “Is that all?” He puts his arms ’round me, pulls me close so I can feel how excited he is ’bout it. “Gonna have to go a long way to find a club,” I say jokingly, but he shakes his head.
“Not like last time,” he says. “Just the eyes. You can say no.”
But I don’t. I put that black liner all ’round my eyes, and smear some over my lids. And then I go to bed with Zach. And maybe it’s him givin’ to me. Or maybe it’s me givin’ to him. I finally realize it doesn’t matter. Whatever it is, we’re both happy. That’s the only thing worth worryin’ ’bout.
Like I said at the beginning, the whole thing is Jared’s fault.
I almost think I should thank him for it someday.
I probably should. We all know I won’t.
M ARIE S EXTON was always good at the technical aspects of writing but
never had any ideas for stories. After graduating from Colorado State University, she worked for eleven years at an OB/GYN clinic. She quit the clinic at about the same time she started reading M/M romances. At some point in the ensuing months, the static in her head cleared, and her first story was born.
Marie lives in Colorado. She’s a fan of just about anything that involves muscular young men piling on top of each other. In particular, she loves the Denver Broncos and enjoys going to the games with her husband. Matt and Jared often tag along. Marie has one daughter, two cats, and one dog, all of whom seem bent on destroying what remains of her sanity. She loves them anyway.
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