Packing Heat by Kele Moon

Author:Kele Moon [Moon, Kele]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: LGBT Contemporary
Publisher: Loose Id LLC
Published: 2012-01-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Gavin wanted to stay in bed until he started back to work tomorrow, but Brad had other ideas. Somehow Gavin found himself walking the streets of Ybor City after dark beside Brad, who seemed to have an extra bounce in his step despite only taking a short nap after his long shift.

“Why don’t we just get some Cubans and head back home,” Gavin offered as they walked by a popular Cuban sandwich restaurant. “That’s always good.”

“Nope.” Brad reached out and wrapped his arm around Gavin’s waist. He leaned in, breathing against the curve of Gavin’s neck. “I’m buying you dinner to celebrate.”

“It’s not really a celebration,” Gavin argued, not fighting Brad’s hold on him. There was a mix of tourists and straights heading to various clubs, but the two of them certainly didn’t look out of place touching. The term Gaybor had been coined for this area for a reason. He shrugged, still walking comfortably with Brad draped all over him. “I’m just going back to the same job I’ve been doing for the past eleven years.”

Brad pulled back and gave him a dashing grin, making his usually intense features breathtakingly handsome. “Maybe I’m celebrating something else.”

“What’s that?” Gavin grinned back, uncaring about the two of them stopping in their trek toward dinner. “Are you trying to seduce me, Mr. Archer?”

“Absolutely. I plan to wine and dine you properly; then I’m going to drag you home and take total fucking advantage of you.”

Gavin was about to reassure him that wining and dining wasn’t necessary. He was a perfectly willing victim, but a group of girls walking up on them distracted him. They had obviously started early with the partying and were well on their way to being shitfaced.

“If that isn’t the biggest waste I’ve ever seen, I dunno what is,” a redhead said with a huff as she and her friends walked past. Wearing a short black dress and painfully high heels, she gave Brad and Gavin a disgusted look. “They’re both hot and off the market. That’s a serious crime against nature.”

Brad stiffened, his arm tightening around Gavin as if silently trying to protect him, which was charming enough to have Gavin fighting a smile.

“It’s a compliment,” Gavin told him soothingly. “And they’re drunk. Ignore it.”

“It’s not a fucking compliment.” Brad turned around to look at the women as they walked away from them. Dark eyes narrowed as he called out, “I’ll tell you what’s a crime against nature—bigoted, narrow-minded—”

“Dinner.” Gavin cut him off by pulling Brad in the direction of the restaurant.

Brad surprised Gavin by following him without complaint. With his arm back around Gavin’s waist, Brad suddenly seemed very determined to get to their destination. Gavin was curious about it until he saw the restaurant. With rainbow flags hanging on either side of the sign mounted on the roof, it sort of looked like home base in a game of gay tag.

Brad breathed a noticeable sigh of relief once they entered the quaint restaurant that was filled with mostly same-sex couples.

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