Aiming High by Tanya Chris

Author:Tanya Chris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: rock climbing, gay romance, rivals to lovers gay, olympics romance gay
Publisher: Tanya Chris
Published: 2020-07-14T00:00:00+00:00

Spencer

The mood without Flynn was even darker than it’d been with him. Flynn’s presence had required Pierre to be polite to an extent that was no longer in play when it was just the two of them. In addition to getting a lecture about all the ways in which he’d deviated from his training plan over the last week, Spencer had to listen to Pierre blame all those deviations on Flynn. Even when he explained how Flynn had found a way for him to practice lead climbing yesterday, it didn’t change Pierre’s mind. He considered their trip “foolhardy,” “dangerous,” and “sure to throw off your biorhythms.”

“There was nothing unsafe about it,” Spencer mumbled to the napkin dispenser, leaving out the part about the dodgy bolts. “We did laps and practiced clipping. It was a nice day. I slept great last night.”

After Roddy had departed and Spencer had jerked off to the memory of Flynn’s mouth on his cock, he had indeed slept very well. He’d woken up with a bounce, hyper aware of the potential in the air. A day without training, a day with Flynn, a day where they could be two lovers discovering each other instead of two climbers poised on the edge of the most momentous moment of their careers.

Then he’d gotten Pierre’s volley of texts and now he was sitting in a dark bar on a nice morning with a glass of tap water and a grudge.

Pierre was right. Of course he was. The two of them had spent years choreographing the perfect speed climbing sequence, drilling it into his head so he could execute it flawlessly. Monkeying around with a random sequence composed on the fly hadn’t been a smart choice.

As for the rest of the ways in which he’d failed to adhere exactly to his training regimen, he was in a foreign country with limited access to training facilities. He’d done the best he could, including finishing his run the day Flynn had sprained his ankle. Going to Tsuzura-iwa hadn’t been wrong. It just hadn’t. And Pierre wasn’t going to get him to say it had been.

“That young man is talented,” Pierre said. “But undisciplined. You’ve told me so yourself.”

So he had, probably more than once. Because ranting about Flynn’s lack of discipline was easier than admitting to either his jealousy or his crush.

“I’ve gotten to know him better on this trip. He was only a kid when I first met him. I might’ve misjudged.”

“Or maybe something else is going on, hmm?”

“What if it is?” Spencer challenged.

“Do you think now is the best time? You’re here for a reason—”

“To win, I know.”

“I was going to say to show your sponsors your value to them, but sure.” Pierre shrugged. “You have a brand, a reputation. And it’s for providing full value with uniform steadiness, not for dramatic flair. Mad gallops up the speed wall, romantic rivalries. Flynn is leading you down the wrong path. For him, it’s on-brand. For you, it’s not.”

“He’s not my rival. None of them are.

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