Hero by Perry Moore

Author:Perry Moore
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Gay Teenagers, Juvenile Nonfiction, Fables, Social Science, Action & Adventure, Gay Studies, Self-Acceptance in Adolescence, Juvenile Fiction, Fathers and Sons, Fantasy & Magic, General, Myths, Science Fiction, Homosexuality, Social Issues, Self-Acceptance, Heroes, Fiction, Superheroes, Legends
ISBN: 9781423101963
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Published: 2007-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

At Golden Boy's request, my father told us a few stories from his halcyon days as America's premier crime buster. I'd never heard any of them. I sat captivated at every detail—the way he'd frozen Sig-Sig-Sputnik's jet pack with his own dry ice so he couldn't escape with the loot he'd stolen from Fort Knox. The way he'd found those creeps the Brothers Grimm who kept kidnapping children from the tristate area with various fairytale ruses. He said he'd come this close to strangling one of the Brothers with their own bean stalk when he saw what they'd been doing to those kids.

I scanned all the old photos on the coffee table and thought how handsome dad looked in his old costume. Mom must have fallen for him hard.

"Sorry to crash your house like this," Golden Boy said to him.

"Don't be silly, Kevin," my dad said. "You're welcome here any time."

Kevin? They're on a first-name basis now? I didn't even call him Kevin.

"No, I should get going. But I will take you up on that offer for a return visit." Golden Boy stood up, fluffed our pillows, and stacked the coffee mugs neatly on the tray.

"You sure you have to go?" Dad asked. I'd never seen him so eager to tell his stories. Maybe he'd been afraid that no one cared, that no one wanted to listen. "You're sure there's nothing else you want to know?"

"Well, there is this one thing," Golden Boy said. "If it's not too much trouble, sir."

Sir? Oh, brother.

"Sure—what is it, Kevin?"

Golden Boy smiled. "I feel stupid asking, but I always wanted to see your costume."

Uh-oh.

I looked to Dad, unsure how he would respond.

"No problem, let me go get it."

My heart dropped and my toenails went white. I remembered what I'd done to his costume.

"Wait!" I yelled.

Dad turned around on the stairs, shocked at my outburst. I had to think up something quick to keep Dad from going upstairs.

"It's just, it's just that . . ." God, I really was the world's worst liar.

"I think I know what Thom's trying to say," Golden Boy interjected.

Really?

"It's something I want to talk to you about, too, sir."

Dad raised an eyebrow.

"Hal," Golden Boy continued, "I don't want you to think that I didn't have another motive in coming over here today.

One thing I learned from looking up to you all those years is honesty." Golden Boy gave me a sideways glance, and I thought it was really weird to hear him call my dad by his first name.

"We want you to let Thom come back to the team. With your approval, everything out in the open. We had no idea you weren't in the loop on all this. Sir, if you would please just think about it."

Dad looked over at me and studied my face. He could always see right through me, and I knew he could tell that I didn't have anything to do with this request. It was as much as a surprise to me as it was to him.

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