Big Love by Rick R. Reed

Author:Rick R. Reed [Reed, Rick R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63476-977-8
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

OUTSIDE, SETH said, “I’m sorry if I made you feel bad.”

Night had fallen, and with it, the temperature had dipped. Dane shivered and rubbed his hands together, blew into them for warmth. “Oh, you didn’t.”

Seth put a hand on his shoulder. “Oh, but I did.”

Dane stopped and stared at him. “Maybe a little. Is how I dress so bad?”

Seth laughed. “You know what? I think you missed my point. Gay people come in all different shapes and sizes. We all dress different ways. We like different movies, books, TV shows, music. Everyone who doesn’t know any gay people—or rather, think they don’t know gay people—wants to stereotype. Depending on who we are, they want to put us in drag, in leather, in flannel and work boots. You dress just fine for you.”

Seth looked him up and down, and in that look, which lasted so long it made Dane feel a little giddy, Dane read appreciation.

Or at least hoped he did.

His guess was confirmed when Seth finished up by saying, “You, sir, look just fine. Very fine. Just the way you are.”

They went quiet after that. Dane felt a little embarrassed. He’d never in his life known how to graciously take a compliment, and especially not one from another man. The guy he saw in the mirror every day was a big, lumbering oaf. Sort of the like a Lennie from Of Mice and Men, except a Lennie with brains and an English degree. That Seth saw something different was intriguing, scary, and—exciting.

“It’s fucking freezing out here. It must be in the single digits.” Seth’s gaze met Dane’s in the darkness, which had now fallen completely. “Do you wanna go grab a bite somewhere? The lunch meat, cheese, and crackers didn’t quite do it for me.”

Dane thought of his kids at home, eating lunchmeat and cheese, and wondered whether he should just beg off. He was torn. He knew that if he went home, Joey would still be glued to the TV, and Clarissa would most likely continue to pretend he didn’t exist. They probably both would have already made themselves something to eat. In fact, Joey was already tearing into the food when Dane left the house.

Or… he could go have dinner with this handsome young man who was asking him. Of course, it wasn’t a date, and Dane reminded himself that Seth was most likely simply hungry. We all have to eat….

“Why not?” Dane said. “Let me just call my kids.” He pulled his phone from his pocket and rang Joey’s cell. His son assured him that they’d eaten, homework had been done, and Joey was now watching an episode of Orange is the New Black on Netflix. Clarissa had gone to her friend Jerri Lynn’s house down the street, where she was once again spending the night. Dane couldn’t say anything about that—not now. But he could object to his twelve-year-old son’s viewing habits.

“I told you, Joey. You’re too young for that show.”

“Yeah, Dad. Whatever. I’ll turn it right off.

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