Cops and Comix by Rhys Ford

Author:Rhys Ford [Ford, Rhys]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-152-8
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-11-16T06:00:00+00:00

“WOW, YOU look incredible.” James stood outside of the Italian restaurant he’d suggested to Alex. It was a casual enough place to wear jeans to—something Alex looked relieved to discover—but with intimate tables and candlelight, a romantic kind of place meant to put the man at ease.

And if anyone needed to be put at ease, it was Alex Martin.

Dressed in dark jeans, light blue French-cuff shirt, and a black peacoat, Alex Martin was hitting all of James’s buttons. When the man dashed through the light Los Angeles rain to duck under the awning next to James, he lit up with a faint shy smile as he shook a scatter of drops from his thick, wavy mop.

“Sorry I’m late.” Alex shot a dirty look up at the sky. “I don’t know why we Californians get crazy when there’s rain. Everyone on the road acts like it’s the apocalypse.”

“Well, you know…. Death, War, Famine, and Precipitation,” James joked, pulling a full, sweet laugh from the other man. “You’re right on time.”

Dinner was fun, if a bit perplexing at times. Alex seemed to have no clue about what a date entailed, and if James didn’t know better, he’d have thought the man was interrogating him for a case. Halfway through their entrée, Alex broke off a piece of bread from the basket between them and heavily dabbed it with Alfredo sauce. The sight of the man’s open mouth enveloping the white cream dollop made James think of much better things for Alex’s lips to be wrapped around.

“I am very jealous of that piece of bread right now,” James said softly as Alex took a bite. “And maybe your fork. I like how you glide it in and out of your mouth as you take a bite of your food. Possibly the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Not for the first time in his life, James was very happy to know how to perform the Heimlich maneuver, although judging by the beet-red burn on Alex’s cheeks when he was done, James was fairly certain the other man would have preferred to expire on the spot.

Even after he’d gotten the bread dislodged, James left his arms wrapped around Alex’s torso, his fists pressed into the hollow beneath the man’s breastbone. It was probably wrong to get hard when forcing a bit of bread out of a man’s windpipe, but James’s dick didn’t seem to care about propriety. It gleefully took the embrace of Alex’s buttcheeks, and James damped down his desire, choosing instead to rub at Alex’s bruised belly.

“You okay there, babe?” James whispered softly amid the panic and chaos around them.

“Are you trying to kill me?” Alex choked out. “Is that your sick idea of job security?”

“I am so sorry, Alex.” He eased the man down into his seat, crouching by Alex’s knee. “I don’t normally kill on the first date. Usually it takes me at least until the third before I trot out the hard stuff.”

“Don’t joke. It hurts to laugh.” Slinging his arm around his ribs, Alex winced in pain.

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