Imposter in Zebra-striped Briefs by C.C. Dado

Author:C.C. Dado
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781634761352
Published: 2015-06-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Working (Nathan)

NATHAN WAS still getting settled into the new place. Between work and adjusting to having friends, these past few days had been completely crazy. Josh wasn’t kidding when he said Nathan was “his” new friend. Josh managed to swing by for something or other every night and hang out for a bit. Nathan was pretty sure he was just trying to get out of Brandon’s way since he was manically planning the perfect wedding taking place in one week.

Josh started texting Nathan too. He was pretty funny. He liked to talk in e-cards—Nathan swore there must be an e-card for everything—and most of them were super inappropriate, stuff you would never actually say to someone in person. He wasn’t quite comfortable enough to respond to most of them, but Josh sent a follow-up text after the first one that said, You know you laughed. It felt really natural to be friends with Josh. At first he was worried after the misunderstanding when they met that it would be awkward between them, but Josh was so cool and easy to get along with, they just clicked as friends. It was the first time he had really had a true friend like this.

After twenty-three years of feeling like he couldn’t be himself, he was finally happy. He still kept thinking about that stripper, though. It was weird. He had only kissed one person in his life—well, two if you counted Josh—and he’d gotten both kisses without the other person wanting them. But for some reason, kissing the stripper felt different, like mind-blowing different.

Nathan was analyzing scans from a recent clinical study when he heard the ding of his cell phone. He was already laughing before he looked at the text. His friendship with Josh was certainly making his workdays more interesting.

The stripper called me and asked for your number. Want me to give it to him? FYI Pretty sure there’s an e-card for that ;) If not there definitely should be.

Nathan typed frantically. What? Why would he ask for my number? Nathan started to sweat and got a little nauseous at the thought of seeing the stripper again. He had to find out his name; he couldn’t keep calling him “the stripper.” It made him feel dirty.

Ding…. My guess is he is not as straight as he thought.

Nathan felt his stomach drop reading Josh’s last text. What should I do? Did you get his name?

Ding…. It’s David, and it’s up to you. But I did tell him if he fucks with you, I will beat the shit out of him.

Nathan sat down hard on the lab stool, overwhelmed. On one hand he couldn’t believe Josh had threatened David. He liked the name, he thought absently. He had never had someone who wanted to stand up for him.

Ding…. Brandon said quit being a baby and do it.

Nathan sat there building up his courage like he was going to jump out of an airplane, not give a guy his number. He typed his response before he had time to chicken out.

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