Making Promises by Amy Lane

Author:Amy Lane [Lane, Amy]
Language: nld
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Amy Lane

because he was hot and freezing cold, and he was freezing cold because he

was in the middle of a sponge bath.

“A little personal?” But he was too tired to be embarrassed.

“Nah—I kept my EMT license current, Perkins. Trust me, I’m a

pro.”

And he was. Shane was too tired to keep his eyes open, but he felt

himself being made clean and dressed in another hospital gown. Because it

was Deacon, he didn’t talk—but because Shane was mostly asleep, he did

sing. Shane remembered thinking that it was a wonder of the universe that

he knew Deacon who could sing and Mikhail who could dance and his

only talent seemed to be installing sound systems that let him yearn to do

both things.

His next sleep was easier, and when he woke up, he no longer felt

like screaming. He cast bleary eyes around the room and saw Benny and

Crick asleep on the bed in the adjoining cubicle and Deacon sprawled out

on the chair. He grunted and tried to sit up and remembered he couldn’t

put his elbow down on the side that had the wound. With a groan he

flopped back down on the hospital bed, and Benny swung her legs over

the side of her bed and got up.

“Shhh…,” she whispered, coming over to the side of his bed. “What

do you need?”

“Water?” he rasped. His mouth felt like powdered borax.

Benny nodded and brought him the little pitcher with the straw. He

sipped, and then he gulped, and then he was too tired to do either. He fell

back against the bed with a sigh.

“Where’d Mikhail go?” he asked, and he watched Benny shake her

head.

“Shane, it’s Tuesday. He had to leave town yesterday.”

Shane closed his eyes. Shit. Shit. And he never got to say goodbye.

“Oh, God—I need to call…. What do you mean it’s Tuesday?”

Benny let out a tired laugh. “Do you know how much I hate

hospitals?” she asked randomly. “Last year me, Deacon, Parry Angel—we

were all in the hospital for a week. And then Crick got back, and we spent

a week there in Virginia, trying to get him to come home. And you—feels

like we’ve been here all week, you know? And Christmas is in, what? Six

Making Promises

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