Rainbow Blues by KC Burn

Author:KC Burn [Burn, KC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY MINUTES later, Jimmy led Luke—his boyfriend—backstage. Luke showing up had been such an incredible surprise, making a long, stressful day much more bearable. But a public kiss? A red rose? Introducing Luke as his boyfriend? The thrill of it was still sparking in his veins, giving him a better buzz than a piña colada with a rum runner chaser.

That Luke had brought him a gift as well? It was certainly better than Christmas, especially since he’d spent Christmas being wildly jealous of his siblings’ families. Not that he wanted kids himself, but he’d rather not have his nieces and nephews grow up wondering why their weird Uncle Jimmy was a lonely old queen.

They sat down on a scruffy couch that Jimmy had napped on more than once. He’d probably fall asleep in a Pavlovian response if it weren’t for the fact he’d miss out on Luke’s gift.

Reaching out to the bag, he noticed his fingers trembling, and he grabbed at the handles before Luke could notice.

“I can’t remember the last time a boyfriend brought me a gift just because.” He crumpled the top of the paper bag in his suddenly clenched fists. Christmas and birthdays, yes, he got gifts, and ones without much thought behind them, too. Out of the blue, I was thinking of you? Never. Not once.

“Well, that’s not right.”

Maybe it wasn’t, but that only proved that his instinct about Luke being the “one” was spot on. Weirdly, he was almost afraid to look in the bag, though. And if he’d been looking in the bag, he would have missed the look of consternation on Luke’s face.

“It’s not much. Nothing to get too excited about.”

Too late. He was excited. “Out of the blue, I was thinking of you.”

Luke crinkled his nose. “What?”

“This.” Jimmy held up the bag. “It’s… that’s just what I call these gifts, in my head, when I see other people get them. Gifts—and it doesn’t matter how big or small—that aren’t attached to some commercial occasion or celebration. But, I’ve never had a boyfriend who gave me one.”

“Out of the blue, I was thinking of you.” The faraway look in Luke’s eyes as he repeated Jimmy’s words said he was storing that away somewhere in his brain. “I like it. And I hope you like your first one, because it’s seriously not much.”

Inside the paper grocery bag was a silvery thermal bag. Could it be? Food? Now that tonight’s show was over, he was fucking starving, but like many performance nights, by the time he got home, even his grumbling stomach wouldn’t be enough to keep him from going right to bed.

Past the insulation was a little cold pack with a…. Jimmy pulled it out. “Giraffe?”

Luke laughed. “I’ve got a whole set of safari themed cold packs from when Zach was a kid. Now I use them to keep my own lunches cold.”

How many times would this man prove over and over that he was so fucking cute?

Beneath the cold pack were a bunch of disposable food containers and sandwich bags.

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