Reflections of Love by Dreamspinner Press

Author:Dreamspinner Press
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2012-06-08T12:23:52+00:00

IV

JEFF slumped farther down on the leather couch and tried not to look at the picture of him and Devon taken their first year together; the two of them caught and framed—frozen forever in that singular moment of happiness—on the end table.

He clutched his half-empty beer tighter in his hand and tried to focus on the figures running up and down the miniature basketball court on the television in front of him, instead of the photo album that had somehow been left laying on the couch instead of in the bookcase where it belonged.

Why did Darlene have to go on about all this relationship stuff anyway? Jeff was perfectly happy ignoring the problems he and Devon were having. It was easier than trying to do anything about them. Certainly every time he tried to bring it up he only seemed to make things worse.

He couldn’t even point out a specific time where he could say things had actually changed. Jeff closed his eyes and let his head fall against the back of the couch, ignoring the album open beside him. It just seemed that all of a sudden they were too busy to see each other and too busy to have sex. Any nights they might be home at the same time were spent with Devon on his computer working and Jeff right here on the couch, beer in hand and whatever sport he could find on the television.

It wasn’t like that in the beginning of their relationship. The problem then had been keeping their hands off each other. Jeff opened his eyes and slid farther down the couch, the forgotten beer resting between his spread thighs as he reached out to the album beside his leg and traced the curve of Devon’s cheek in the photo of the two of them hiking. He could remember a time in their relationship when Devon would happily lay with him on the couch, his feet resting in Jeff’s lap or moving seductively against his calf.

Jeff used to spend hours just looking at him, admiring the length of neck exposed as Devon’s head fell back against the armrest or the hint of chest hair that peeked from the open buttons of Devon’s shirt. Even Devon’s feet had been fascinating; with long toes and high arches that Jeff would rub until Devon closed his gray eyes and shivered with pleasure.

He couldn’t seem to stop touching Devon back then either. Maybe a hug when he passed him in the kitchen, a kiss on the back of the neck when Devon was working at his computer. Simple, pleasurable touches to express the overflowing of love he felt.

Now it seemed like there was a wall between them and every time he reached out for the lover he remembered, Jeff was faced with a stranger. Was Darlene right? Did Devon feel he came second now in Jeff’s life and his lack of response was the outward sign of his unhappiness?

Jeff knew he had a tendency to be obsessive

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