Some Like It Hopeless (A Temporary Engagement) by Megan Bryce

Author:Megan Bryce [Bryce, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2014-05-06T00:00:00+00:00

Shane liked to think of himself as a glass half-full kind of guy.

He liked to think he looked for the good in people. . .while making fun of the bad, because well, life was short.

And when he’d looked into Christian’s eyes and decided that this was it, he’d known there would be bad with the good.

He just hadn’t been prepared for a siege. Hadn’t been prepared for the bad to be NEVER ENDING.

He said, “Please, God. Make it stop.”

Christian turned, looking over his shoulder into the full-length mirror in the oh-so-cute boutique they’d passed and then turned right back around to enter.

Because a man never had too many clothes. In his closet. On his body was a different matter.

And that just wasn’t something he could say to Christian yet. Where was Cassandra when he needed her?

Shane let Christian admire himself and went to find something wearable instead of the swill his beloved kept picking out.

He grabbed a shirt– not plaid, not button-up– and brought it back. He held it up and said, “What color is this?”

Christian cocked his head, taking a moment to get it right. “I’d call it eggplant.”

“You are gay. Gay! Go put that blue-checkered shirt back right now. We have standards.”

Christian glanced around the store guiltily, then glared at Shane and hissed, “Stop it.”

Shane glared back. “No one cares. Half the men in here are gay. Another quarter are metro who wish they were gay. And the rest are pussy whipped.”

Christian turned away, hiding the blush on his cheeks. He muttered, “And yet, this shirt is on sale here.”

“That shirt is meant to be worn ironically.”

“I like it.”

“You don’t.” Shane wiggled the hangar he was holding, tempting with eggplant. “You like this.”

Christian’s eyes darted to the shirt and then back to the God-forsaken monstrosity he was wearing.

His chin went up and he said, “I like this.”

“Gah! You are so stubborn.”

Shane came up behind Christian, holding the shirt up in front of Christian’s chest and pulling it this way and that.

“You like this.” Shane cocked his head. “It’s a terrible color for you, but you like it. I’d go with a light pink. Or coral; you’d look amazing in coral. But I’ll compromise with eggplant.”

Christian whispered, “Shane.”

Shane whispered back, “You can try on the eggplant or I can go find something in coral for you. Maybe a pair of swim shorts that don’t hide anything.”

Christian grabbed the shirt and ran into the dressing stall.

Shane went back to browsing while he waited, finding a few more shirts for Christian to try on. And a few for himself.

Shane glanced at his watch, knowing for a fact that it didn’t take ten minutes to change shirts. Then slowly made his way back to the dressing area.

“Christian?”

Christian’s voice floated over the door. “I don’t like this. It’s a terrible color for me.”

“Agreed. But come out so I can see you in something besides plaid. I’m getting tingly just thinking about it.”

Christian didn’t come out.

“You’re not even going to show me?”

“No.”

Shane flung a shirt over the door.

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