In the Desert by Elliot Joyce

Author:Elliot Joyce [Joyce, Elliot]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 9781640804487
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-05-04T04:00:00+00:00

EXHAUSTED, WREN sat down on the first log that looked like it wasn’t going to end with his ass covered in splinters. Sweat dripped down his face and he felt like he was practically swimming in his clothes, he was such a mess. Despite being on Travis’s team for capture the flag, he still had managed to trip over a tree root and eat dirt, and Chris had taken probably too much pleasure out of being allowed to full-body tackle his older brother to the ground on multiple occasions. Wren had stopped himself short of blaming his binder for the fact that he couldn’t run as fast or as far as the others, but if they thought worse of him because of it, at least no one had said anything to his face.

As it was, though, Wren’s team had narrowly won three of the five matches that the troop had agreed upon and the title of Capture the Flag Champions firmly remained the Green Team’s. Wren, who had only played the relatively tame version from high school gym class, decided he liked this version much better. No one had required anything more than a few bandages, but Kyle’s eyes had teared up a little when one of the dads had cleaned up his hands and arms after he was pushed into a thorny bush.

Now, of course, he was back to his usual self, which meant everyone was trying to keep the marshmallows away from him as the campfire burst into life.

“Wren! Good job back there. You really kicked ass,” Scott said with a wave as he plopped down a few feet from Wren. “I thought I could make it, but you came outta nowhere, man. That was fucking sick.”

It hadn’t felt very sick at the time, except if one was referring to the feeling in Wren’s stomach when he had run through the trees and slammed right into Scott. Wren wasn’t about to admit that his takedown, which resulted in his team winning the second match, was a complete accident, so he just nodded.

“Dude, I feel like I need to take the world’s longest shower,” Felipe complained as he sat next to Wren. Somehow, Felipe looked like he had just gotten out of a bath. Even his shirt was sticking to his chest, and his hair was definitely dripping. “Travis dumped a cooler on my head and it didn’t help at all.” Felipe made a face even as Scott and Wren laughed.

“It’s your fault for deciding to defend and letting them get the flag twice,” Wren teased, bumping shoulders with him.

Felipe rolled his eyes and shoved Wren back. “Listen, you see me? You see Travis? Which one of us do you want on defense and which one of us do you want on offense?”

“It’s all those books you read,” Scott chimed in. “If you got out and played soccer or literally anything but video games, you wouldn’t be a giant fatass.”

“Kyle eats nothing but sugar! Why aren’t you calling him fat?” Felipe pointed out.

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