Of Sunlight and Stardust by Christina Lee & Riley Hart

Author:Christina Lee & Riley Hart [Lee, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christina Lee and Riley Hart
Published: 2018-09-17T18:30:00+00:00

Cole could feel Tanner’s heavy breaths against his arm as he sat beside him on the porch swing, the tension radiating from Tanner’s body.

“I…I need a minute.” Tanner stood up, and Cole immediately noticed the bulge in his pants and the anxious set of his shoulders.

When Tanner headed inside, Cole reached for the bottle of beer he’d propped between his thighs while reading the journal. He bent his head back, finishing the contents. It’d been a while for Cole, and certainly the first time they drank alcohol together, but it felt good going down. His throat was parched from reading aloud, and his nerves were just as shot, wondering about Tom and Charlie’s well-being. It was as if they were reading Tom’s journal in real-time, that’s how raw and close to the surface his feelings were. And he knew it was the same for Tanner.

He heard the snick of the screen door, and Tanner returned to the swing with two fresh beers. He looked flushed as he handed Cole his drink.

“You okay?” Cole asked, setting his empty container on the ground.

“Yeah,” he said, taking a swig from his own bottle. “I just… I didn’t know it could be like that.”

“Like what?” Cole asked, gently placing the journal back in the tin can beside him on the swing and shutting the lid.

“So…sensual between two men.” He shook his head as if trying to make sense of his swirling thoughts. And Cole got it because his heart had been racing while reading the passage, his libido affected as well. “Not that I didn’t think men had sex. Christ, I just never really considered exactly how it went down, other than penetration, at least, and the way Tom and Charlie…”

When Cole reached for his knee, Tanner bit back a gasp. “Did it turn you on, Tan?”

He clenched his fist and swallowed roughly. “I’m feeling so many damn things. Anxious and sad for them, happy too, but…yeah, I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that reading about their intimate moment did something to me.”

“S’okay,” Cole replied in a soft voice. “I feel all those things too.”

Cole didn’t want to push Tanner to say more, just stayed silent and let him process as he took another swallow of his beverage. Over dinner Tanner had explained more about how he’d learned to craft his own beer, and when Cole encouraged him to buy the supplies he needed so he could finally sample his creations, Tanner seemed pumped about it.

Cole loved seeing that light in his eyes, and he’d do just about anything to keep it there. The way he was beginning to feel about Tanner was different than with any other man. They had a friendship that was special—almost reverent—and he didn’t want to blow it or make any assumptions about where this might be headed.

“I…I want to rebuild it,” Tanner said suddenly, motioning in the direction of the barn, its dark silhouette illuminated by the moon.

“What do you mean?”

“The hayloft,” he replied, his eyes wide and searching.

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