Stage Fright by Adam Carpenter

Author:Adam Carpenter [Carpenter, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay mystery
Publisher: MLR Press
Published: 2016-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

PART TWO

AN OPENING TO DIE FOR

CHAPTER NINE

There were days when he might not agree that it was good to be alive, not with life’s twists and its sharp pain, its brutal reality of dead bodies, but right now, in this very moment in time, Jimmy McSwain wasn’t about to complain. Outside, rain poured down, splattering against the window, the dark clouds in the sky above making the late afternoon seem like midnight. Only candlelight from inside kept his heart aglow, that, and the sexy man who stared at him across the length of the sofa.

An empty wine bottle stood on the table in front of them; glasses remained half-full.

Remnants of a meal, red sauce splattered on the plate, went ignored on the coffee table in front of them. Jimmy was intent on shutting out violent images.

Nothing existed but now, the two of them, deciding to become one.

Jimmy slid over, his lips gently brushing against Frisano’s, mouth, his chin. He liked how that felt against his skin, the sandpaper-like roughness of the man’s shadowy beard sending electricity throughout his body. Jimmy hadn’t shaved since Friday, leaving his face scruffy, a thick stubble. He heard a moan of pleasure escape Frisano, a sound meant to urge him forward. Their kisses heightened, locking them together. When Jimmy at last parted, eyes connected even more intently than their lips had. He reached out, placing his hand upon the open triangle of Frisano’s blue shirt, fingers toying with the hair poking out.

“You feel so good,” Jimmy whispered into the flickering darkness of the room.

“Let me show you more,” Frisano said, going for his buttons.

“No, no, that’s for me to do.”

Frisano’s smile was one of amused encouragement and Jimmy nearly laughed. They had both been down this seductive road before and the pleasure that awaited them was known, but still Jimmy felt his heart racing inside his own chest, threatening to explode with anticipation. He needed this, of all nights, when death pulsed with life, where hope was denied its future. Maybe they could change the way the world worked. Maybe they could shut down the fear, the violence. Let something deeper create fresh sparks in a dark universe.

Jimmy maneuvered himself on the sofa, better positioned to unbutton the white shirt, one button at a time, a striptease that already was pushing his arousal. At last, the folds of Frisano’s shirt fell open to display the blanket of black hair that defined his muscular chest. Jimmy pulled the shirt off Frisano’s big shoulders, fully unveiling his impressive torso. Jimmy brushed the thick hair before him. He leaned down, kissed the furry space between Frisano’s pecs, breathing in his musky, masculine scent.

“You’re ridiculously sexy,” Jimmy said, leaning upward to kiss the man.

A man who a week ago he’d decided should not be a part of his life. Who now he needed.

“Shall we move, you know…?” Frisano asked, his eyes darting toward the bed.

“Just wait, just relax,” Jimmy said, and again he kissed those lips before running a tongue across his chin, to the hollow of his neck and the first taste of his lover’s chest.

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