Shawn and Henry by Jessica Skye Davies

Author:Jessica Skye Davies
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBTQIA+, enemies-to-lovers, Aussie race car driver, Wales, long distance relationship, age gap, slow burn, London, amateur historian, light BDSM
Publisher: NineStar Press, LLC
Published: 2022-07-20T00:00:00+00:00

October

IT WAS A gorgeous Saturday afternoon for a drive down the M4, through many a sprawling field with the occasional local parish church steeple all but indistinguishable from the treelines of field boundaries. The robin’s egg sky with its friendly, fleecy clouds was just begging to be featured in an advert by the English tourism schemes.

As the M4 curved westerly again after diverting north of Bristol, the fluffy clouds cleared out and made way for thinner, more diffuse cloud forms that masked the horizon and presaged the approach to the Severn estuary.

After crossing the span of the Severn Bridge and getting a fair way inland, Shawn told his car’s on-board computer to ring James.

“All righ’, Jamie? Just coming up on the Newport bypass,” Shawn said when James answered. “Going to top up my petrol at the Cardiff Gate services but shouldn’t be more than about twenty minutes now.”

By the time Shawn had filled his gas tank, the shining, hazy clouds had massed together into a canopy of grey, and he could tell rain would be coming and going the rest of the day. Rather than finding it depressing, Shawn thought it was much more genuinely honest weather than the brash blue skies he’d had on the drive in.

As Shawn parked in James and Merrick’s cul-de-sac and picked up his overnight bag, James opened the front door.

“Ringing just before Newport is perfect,” James said as Shawn came up the walkway. “I can drop my brushes in the thinner and be showered before you’re in.”

“What can I say, mate? Timing is everything,” Shawn said with a grin as he pulled James into a hug.

“You want to take a break before we head out?” James asked, bringing Shawn into the sitting room.

Shawn shrugged. “No difference to me, I’m ready when you are,” he said, setting his holdall beside the couch.

“Okay. I’ll just grab my wallet and coat,” James said. “Take your bag up for you?”

“Ta much,” Shawn said. “Don’t have to tip the porter here, do I?”

“Nah, just buy me a porter in the pub.” James laughed, going up the stairs.

Moments later, James and Shawn were in James’s Audi sedan, driving up to Thornhill and Lisvane station to take the train down to Cardiff city centre. As they waited on the platform’s simple sheltered benches, James rang Merrick to let him know that the car was at the station and they’d stop into the shop and drop off the keys before heading out on the town.

“’Lo, Merrick,” Shawn called out, leaning in toward James’s phone. “I’ll try not to get him too pissed up. See you in a bit, mate!”

James snickered and relayed Merrick’s response, “‘Pob lwc, mêt!’ Merrick says. Which is basically to say ‘chance would be a fine thing’,” before he rang off with Merrick with an affectionate “Caru ti, cariad.”

“How are your lessons going, then?” Shawn asked as they stood to board the approaching train.

“Really well,” James said. “It’s helpful having a built-in tutor, of course, but I’m getting all the immersion I possibly can too.

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