Set Ablaze by KC Burn

Author:KC Burn [Burn, KC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64080-616-0
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

THE TWIN pleasures of an orgasm and the potential of a boyfriend buoyed Hayden through the first few hours of his shift until he ended up in the kitchen alone, making a pot of coffee, and Jordan walked in with his cup, waiting for the brew to finish.

“You’re in a good mood. The princess get over his hissy fit and put out?”

Shit. Now that Jez had opened his eyes, Hayden could hear it. The contempt. The sneering. Jez was right. The second Hayden stopped appearing like a sexless straight man, the knives would come out.

“What are you talking about?” Jordan had one chance to walk that statement back.

“What do you mean? That’s the thing about average fags. So fucking emotional and gagging for the cock. Could have had him sucking all of us off, took his mind off that stupid PC crap.”

Hayden tightened his grip around his coffee cup, trying to find the patience not to slam it into Jordan’s grinning fucking face. Not only had Jordan not walked it back, he’d doubled down on his original statement.

“Jordan. My office, now.”

Neither of them had heard the captain come into the kitchen, but Hayden never knocked karma. That was some powerful shit. Jordan scowled and slowly set his mug on the counter before turning and following the captain.

Jordan had been called on the carpet before for offensive language at work, about women that time, and the women on the crew were not impressed. He’d railed frequently about the politically correct gag order when they were at the bar, and Hayden hadn’t ever paid attention. But basic decency didn’t require a gag order, just one simple tenet: don’t be an asshole. Somehow, Hayden had lived with Jordan the asshole and Vic, maybe even a bigger asshole, as he’d coasted along, not wanting to disrupt the status quo. But this status quo needed some serious fucking with. Hayden had been wrong for letting this go on. Every time Jordan or Vic opened their mouth in public, who had overheard those many unkind words and been hurt by them? While Hayden closed his ears, deliberately oblivious.

When the coffee finished, Hayden poured himself a cup and sat at the table, but he didn’t drink. The whole reason he’d pushed the issue with his parents and gotten kicked out was because he hadn’t wanted to stay in the mold they’d defined, and yet somehow he’d ended up forcing himself into another cramped mold instead of finding people who fit with the man he truly was.

“Hey. You okay?” Kevin walked tentatively into the kitchen. “Cap really laid into Jordan. Couldn’t hear the specifics, but it wasn’t good. Pretty sure he got suspended from work for today at least, maybe longer.”

An evil grin tugged at Hayden’s lips. “Good.”

Kevin’s eyes widened. “Shit. What did he say?” He grabbed a Coke out of the fridge and popped open the top.

“No need to repeat it. But I will say I’m done hanging out with him. And I had a hard time not slugging him.

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