Brothers By Bond by Brenda Cothern

Author:Brenda Cothern
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

They sat on the couch finishing their

omelets and talked about the PT that Johnny was

starting tomorrow. Mike had already decided he

would return back to work after Johnny fell into his

PT schedule. There was no sense being at the house

by himself while Johnny would be gone for five or

six hours each day. He could use the time to work

on the house but that would require tapping into

what small savings he had. No, it was better to stick

to his plan and budget where his home was

concerned.

Once he finished the second bedroom and

bath, he could rent out the room to speed up the rest

of the renovations. There was always some rookie

cop or someone getting divorced on the force that

would need a place to stay. Renting the room to

another cop or even someone in EMS was the plan.

At least they would understand the stress of the job

and give him his space when he needed it.

A silence had settled between them as ESPN

rattled on the TV over the coffee table in front of

them. Mike had just set his coffee mug down when

Johnny started in on him.

"So," Johnny began and would've sounded

casual to anyone else but Mike knew what was

coming would be anything but casual.

He should have never shaved him. It was too

intimate for his best friend not to have noticed or

maybe this was the 'care to explain that erection that

was stabbing me in the shower' conversation. Mike

forced his body to relax even though his gut was in

knots and his mind was scrambling for excuses.

"When are you gonna tell me what the hell

was wrong with you before I got shot?" Mike could

feel Johnny's eyes boring into him as he steadfastly

stared at the TV.

Relief that his brother wasn't calling him out

on the scene in the shower, or the shaving, flooded

through him until he realized he still had no answer

for Johnny.

I think I am gay and want you. Yeah, so not

going there.

It took everything Mike had to turn and meet

his best friend's gaze. Johnny wasn't grinning but

instead looked deadly serious with an intensity in

his eyes that Mike had only seen directed at

suspects.

"What are you talking about?" Mike gave

his brother a grin but didn't think for a moment that

he was buying whatever Mike was selling. What

was he selling? Oh yeah, that nothing had changed

between them.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about."

Johnny's gaze grew more intense, if that were even

possible, and Mike couldn't maintain eye contact.

Classic guilty body language there Mike.

Way to go.

"I just had some shit to sort through," Mike

said lamely but didn't turn back around.

"Shit to sort through?" Johnny huffed. "Shit

that had to do with me?" Mike involuntarily tensed

but before he could contradict, no, outright lie,

Johnny continued. "What did I do, Mikey?"

Made me want you for more than a friend

and a brother. How fucked up is that?

"Tell me what I did that pissed you off

enough to shut me out?" Johnny's voice was getting

louder.

"Nothing. You didn't do anything." Mike

replied and thought, it's not you, it's me. Now he

knew the truth of that line.

"Dammit Mike," Johnny continued and

Mike almost flinched.

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