'Nother Sip of Gin by Rhys Ford

Author:Rhys Ford [Ford, Rhys]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-893-0
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2020-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

A Day at the Park

SINJUN LIKED to take walks.

It was an odd pastime for somebody with a bum knee, but his brother clearly defined odd. Damien was never sure if Sinjun’s need to ramble stemmed from a burning desire to reassure himself he was free of anyone’s chains or if it was a way he gathered his thoughts. The why of it didn’t matter so much as the when, because sometimes when he needed Sinjun the most, his brother was nowhere to be found.

This time, however, Damien caught Sinjun at the door.

Despite all the years of knowing Miki St. John, Damien was still amused by his feral brother’s reaction to being told to wait up. His emotions played out over his face, subtle signs of stubborn annoyance then resignation flickering through his eyes and the set of his mouth, but only if you knew him well enough to read him. His hazel eyes were always wary, catching every movement around him, and he held himself a bit too tight to be called relaxed.

Damien hated that most of all. He hated how Sinjun lived his life holding his breath, waiting for the next shoe—or fist—to fall. Donal insisted the day would come when Sinjun didn’t scan a crowd for trouble or flinch at a loud noise, but Damien wasn’t going to hedge his bets. Maybe Sinjun’s rambles were his subtle way of telling the world to fuck off, of going out and testing his resolve, facing the fears lurking inside of him.

Or maybe his baby brother was simply that fierce, willing to take on any battle thrown at him simply to show the world he wasn’t afraid.

“Let me grab my jacket and I’ll go with you,” Damien offered. “Since it looks like the dog tapped out.”

Dude was as independent as his—Damien wouldn’t say owner but rather companion—Sinjun. Most of the time the dog was more than willing to sit patiently while Sinjun clipped on his leash, something Kane religiously insisted he do. Neither dog nor man cared for the leash but were willing to compromise if only to make Kane happy. Or at least that’s what everyone believed. For all Damie knew, Sinjun took the dog off the leash as soon as he crossed the street. He wouldn’t put it past his brother, but he also knew from Sinjun, a promise was a promise, so Dude probably remained leashed for as long as they walked. At the moment, the sound of his leash being jingled didn’t move the dog from his place on the couch, nor did he so much as twitch an ear from his upside down position, communicating quite literally he had no intention of joining Sinjun that afternoon.

“Unless you don’t want company?” Damien stopped midway of putting on his shoe, glancing up at his brother while he balanced on one foot.

Again, Sinjun was easy to read, or at least for Damien. It was a split-second shuffle between desire and expectations. A rapid-fire assessment was going on behind those thoughtful eyes, a brief flick of his lashes, then Sinjun murmured, “No, you can come.

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