Breathing Again by Sofia Grey

Author:Sofia Grey [Grey, Sofia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: M/M Romance, Love is an Open Road, gay romance, veteran, disability, psychological, no sex, dog lover, established couple, hurt/comfort, PTSD, reunited, tearjerker, mentions of domestic abuse, violence, suicidal thoughts, alcohol addiction
Publisher: Goodreads M/M Romance Group
Published: 2015-01-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Later, he’d said. Kyle hadn’t specified a time. I cleaned the kitchen as best I could, moved some garbage out of the lounge, and then sat and waited. The coffee shop would be open until six. He might go home for dinner first, wherever home was these days. I hadn’t asked him, and he hadn’t volunteered anything. It should be here with me.

The clock crept towards six-thirty, and I eyed the small amount of remaining whiskey. I could have a quick one, and he’d never notice. No. I shoved the bottle to the back of the kitchen cupboard and rearranged the other things to hide it. Turning around, I heard a knock at the door.

Kyle had a key. So who was it? Nobody called on me anymore. Andy most likely came and went through the kitchen door; I’d never even noticed his presence. The knock sounded again, and I hobbled down the corridor to answer it. Whoever it was, they weren’t staying long. Not when Kyle was finally coming to see me.

I threw open the door, a snarl already on my lips, and saw Kyle with Killer sitting at his side.

“Where’s your key?” When would I learn to put a filter on my goddamn mouth? I should have greeted him with ‘Hi,’ or ‘Hey,’ or ‘Good to see you.’ Instead I barked at him like a Drill Sergeant to a new recruit. I scrambled to recover, and stepped to the side to let them in. Killer nudged me as he walked past, his mournful eyes staring up at me, entranced. I scratched his ears, feeling the tension drain out of me. “I meant to say hello.”

Kyle sighed. “I don’t live here any longer, which is why I knocked.” I flinched at the reminder of my multiple fuck-ups, but he placed a hand on my arm and pressed his fingers into my sleeve. “That’s just how it is right now, Trav. But it’s good to be here.” I gazed into his eyes and wished again that things were different.

Killer gave an excited yip and skittered down the hallway, to pounce on something. Judging by the artificial squeal that came next, he’d found the abandoned Donald Duck chew toy. A moment later, he dropped it on the floor next to me, his doggy grin and lolling tongue looking adorable.

“Ha. I wondered where that was.” Kyle smiled at me, and the tension eased. “Right. Let’s go make you gorgeous again.”

We settled in the kitchen, me sitting in one of the chairs and Kyle standing behind me. From the distracted fluttering of his hands, to the way he rubbed his nose, it was obvious Kyle wasn’t in his happy place. I had opened the back door for Killer. He sniffed his way around the entire house, cocked his leg a couple of places in the yard, and finally lolled in the doorway, a sticky Donald Duck between his front paws. He looked happy to be home, even if Kyle didn’t.

Desolation pooled in my stomach.

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