Medley by Layla Reyne

Author:Layla Reyne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9781732088337
Publisher: Layla Reyne
Published: 2018-04-02T16:00:00+00:00

Bas stood inside the lounge doorway, overcome with a tsunami of too old for this shit. A giant room packed full of overhyped athletes, speakers pumping out dubstep that rattled his bones, and condoms being pocketed left and right. He was generally easygoing, never taking himself too seriously, but he was here to work, to backup Alex, and to make sure they won relay gold. Not babysit a rave. After a day of travel, pageantry, and avoiding Jacob, he just wanted to crash. Close his eyes, forget the day, and rewind to the night before in his mind, the only place where he’d let those memories live. He did not want to spend his evening here, reminded instead of a prior opening night gone wrong. As it was, he’d already glared off a pair of French swimmers and an Aussie pole vaulter he’d slept with four years ago.

“Ah, the hormones,” Alex said, sidling up beside him.

On Alex’s other side, Dane wrapped an arm around his boyfriend’s waist. “I can talk to you about hormones,” he teased.

“Nope, we’re the adults here,” Bas said.

Dane stuck out his bottom lip. “Well, that sucks. It’s my first Olympics too. I don’t get to have fun?” Big Red could act, Bas would give him that.

“Stop pouting,” Alex said, failing miserably to sound stern. “Your boyfriend is captain. You signed on for this.” Laughter bubbled beneath the surface of his words, belying the scolding.

Grinning, Dane leaned in and stole a kiss. “Okay, boyfriend.”

Yeah, they liked that word, and Bas liked it for them, chuckling as he scanned the crowd for their teammates. No one in particular, he told himself, while searching for a shaved blond head. He spotted Kevin’s glossy black pompadour first, standing in a circle chatting with Sean, Natalie, Leah, and a blonde he also vaguely remembered. Jacob, however, wasn’t with them. Had they left him in the room? He’d thought he’d made it clear that he wanted Kevin and Sean to include Jacob. Had they offered, and Jacob declined, opting out of the opening-night party? Bas didn’t want that either. As much as this scene rankled him, Jacob should still get the full experience.

Or maybe . . . Bas checked his watch. It was past the time for Jacob’s nightly call with Davis. Was his dad all right? Had he had another flashback? By putting Jacob in a room with Sean and Kevin, Bas wouldn’t know, wouldn’t be there to help, if Jacob had another panic attack about his dad. Fuck, he needed to find out what was going on.

He turned to go, then froze as a familiar laugh pinged his ears, and on its heels, the owner of that same laugh, in a flirtatious tone Bas knew all too well, teasing, “I thought everything was bigger in Texas?”

Oh. Fuck. No.

Bas came unstuck, real fast. Like almost-took-down-Alex-and-Dane fast as he reversed course and plowed into the crowd.

“Bas!” Alex shouted over Dane’s confused, “What the heck?”

Background noise, all of it. Pushing through the melee,

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