Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 3

everything."
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    "I won't have it," Jesse said, hugging Omar tightly to his chest. "I won't have you giving up your family and your stretched out timey thing for me. Now I know, I can stand you being gone for weeks on end when you have other things to do."
    "It's too late."
    "It's never too late. Get your boss in here and let me talk to him."
    "I can't. There's no way back for me."
    "Sure there is. If they can hear me, they sure as hell can still hear you. Call him."
    "Jesse, it doesn't work like that."
    "Fine, I'll do it." Jesse closed his eyes and concentrated with his newly found vision into the blurred areas around the edges of the world and he called with the inner voice for attention. I don't know your name, but I know you can hear me, and I want you to stand before me now and listen to me. I want to petition on behalf of Omar. I will not allow him to throw away his life for me. You might think you can ignore me but be assured I will get louder and louder. You may think you have time over me, but I found this voice and I will find a way to cross into your world and track you down.
    The energy in the room shimmered and Jesse opened his eyes to see an older looking man standing before him.
    "Father," Omar gasped. "What are you doing here?"
    "I came to meet my son-in law. He's causing quite a stir upstairs, has them running in all directions. Jesse, it truly is a pleasure."
    Jesse couldn't say anything. The man had Omar's eyes, bright and full of mischief. His face was rounder, his presence more commanding yet friendly, and he literally shone around the edges as though he was caught in a ray of sunlight.
    "I'm so sorry, Father. It seems there is no end to my nonsense."
    "You are just as beautiful as always, son, and you know I love you just the way you are." The man sat on the edge of the bed. "Your mother came to see me. She wanted me to give you this." He held out his hand. Curled inside was a small yellow pill. "Take it and your life will be restored. Don't worry, I have one for Jesse."
    "What? I don't understand."
    "It seems he's to become one of us at the end of this life. I didn't know it was possible but after the aeons I've lived, I should know better." Jesse took a second pill from the man. "You can take them now; they will activate at the time of your passing and bring you home." The man looked at Omar and touched his cheek. "A little over a year, son. You understand?"
    "Yes, Father." Omar grinned. "Thank you."
    "Have a good life, son, and I will see you both soon. Oh, and your sister says you are not to change the world, she likes it the way it is." In a flash of light, the man was gone.
    "Omar?"
    Omar pushed the hand with the pill to Jesse's mouth and they swallowed together. Jesse didn't feel any different. The world looked the same as it always had. Well, almost. Omar sat before him with a blinding smile and a very naughty twinkle in his eye. "There are so many things I want to do with you, Jesse, and we have a whole lifetime to do them, but first, if it's okay with you, I'd like to spend our first few years together in bed. I don't think I'll ever be able to get enough of you."
    "You know I still have to work, right?"
    "What for? We are in this world but we are not of it. The rent is paid, the cupboards stocked, and I have you in my arms. I don't need anything else."
    What else was there? Jesse took Omar's hand and pulled him on to the bed. Of all the dreams he'd had in his life, all the fantasies, this topped the lot. The best part wasn't the fact this dream was reality. No, the very best part, if Jesse had understood correctly, was that after this whole lifetime laid out before them to live and love together there was another bigger, better, and much, much brighter world waiting in the wings. Jesse pressed his lips to Omar's and savoured the sensation. Slightly parted, hot breath, fresh like mint and spring sunshine, full of life and possibility. He sighed contentedly. "That sounds pretty darn perfect to me."
    THE END
    Author bio: Casey K Cox is an avid reader and author of m/m erotic fiction. Hailing from the West of England, she tends to set her stories in the UK. Casey has written fanfic (Special Forces and The Administration) and has a free serial read— The Rise of Alec Caldwell —available online and in volumes for download. A new m/m sci-fi novella is in the works due to be released by Less Than Three Press.
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