Runner by Parker Williams

Author:Parker Williams [Williams, Parker]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay Romance
ISBN: 9781635338119
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-07-27T23:00:00+00:00

…WITH OVERNIGHT temperatures falling to minus eight and dropping throughout the week! We’ve got a snowstorm forming in Canada that might bring us an early Thanksgiving gift that we doubt anyone wants: Up to sixteen inches of snow, with another front that has the potential to drop even more a few days after. Get those long johns out, because you’re gonna need them.

I switched the radio off, having learned everything I needed to know. The first powerful front of winter was bearing down on us weeks earlier than normal. I peeked into the bedroom. Charlie was still out, which was good. I had to make a decision. If the area was going to be buried by snow, then it might be best for Charlie to go back to town so he had access to the hospital, just in case something went wrong.

I fumbled with my phone when I took it out of my pocket. How much did it suck that I’d just told my brother off, and now I needed his help? I scrolled until his name came up and was ready to push the button when Charlie’s voice came from the bedroom.

“Matt? Where are you?”

I put the phone down on the table and hurried to see what Charlie needed.

“Oh, I thought you might have gone out.”

I tried really hard not to look at him like he was talking crazy. “Where would I go?”

“I don’t know. Fishing?”

My chin dropped to my chest. Yeah, I wasn’t thinking straight. Again. I should get dressed and go see about adding more provisions to the freezer.

“Hey, come here,” he said, patting the edge of the bed.

I sat gingerly, ready to bolt if the need arose. He reached out and took my hand, wrapping his fingers in mine.

“How are you feeling?”

“To be honest, a little rough.” He scratched his cheek and yawned. “Those pills really do a number on me.”

I rubbed a thumb over the back of his hand, which seemed to calm both of us. “And your ribs?”

“As long as you don’t make me laugh, I think I’ll live.”

“Well, then, it’s a good thing I’m not funny.”

He chuckled, then winced. “Yeah, you can be. Dry humor, but still makes me laugh.” He smiled and I turned my head away. “Okay, what’s wrong?”

“What do you mean?”

He cocked his head. “Really? You think after a few weeks of living here, I don’t know your tells by now? You won’t look me in the eye, so there’s something bothering you. You’re rubbing the back of my hand, so you’re nervous and the contact soothes you. So make it better for both of us and tell me what’s going on.”

I made a sound in the back of my throat that was suspiciously like a whine. “I think you might need to go back to town.”

He tried to sit up and pain flashed across his face. “Fuck!”

“Stop that. Just stay where you are.”

He glared at me. “So you’re telling me you want to get rid of me, and I’m supposed to just accept it? I thought things were going well.

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