Temporal Driftwood (Time Is Eternity) by Stephen Osborne

Author:Stephen Osborne [Osborne, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay, GLBT, m/m romance, dreamspinner press, m/m, Gay Romance, Time Travel, short story, Daily Dose 2012
ISBN: 9781613726471
Goodreads: 14743924
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2012-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

Temporal Driftwood * Stephen Osborne

13

David’s own, “that we could go back to my place. I’ll make

you dinner, and later we could—”

“I told you, old man, that you could suck me off. That’s

it. Nothing more. Now give me my fifty.”

“Old!” David was shouting. “If this is only thirty years

into my future, I’m in my midfifties, you little snot!”

“He can’t hear you.” Chance said.

“Can he feel it if I spit on him?”

Chance placed a hand on David’s shoulder. Suddenly

the stall disappeared. As the toilet beneath him vanished,

David found himself falling. Luckily, he only had a little

distance to fall before his feet hit pavement. He looked

around. They were back on the street outside the

coffeehouse. The passersby didn’t seem to have noticed that

two men had appeared out of nowhere.

“How do you do that?” David asked, astonished.

“Which?” Chance asked. “How do I transport you to a

possible future for yourself or how do I slip you back into the

present without anyone noticing? The former takes only a

touch from me. The latter is a little trickier. I’ve got to time

things just right and pick a moment when no one is

watching the spot where we’re going to appear. Even more

important, I’ve got to pick a moment when no one is

standing in that spot, otherwise— splat—things get very

messy.”

David took a few deep breaths. “I think I need to sit

down.” Seeing no bench handy, he leaned against the wall

instead. A woman toting a bag of groceries walked past and

eyed the pair warily. She gazed at David with concern mixed

with suspicion, as if she were pondering whether to get

involved with the young man who obviously didn’t look well.

She apparently decided it wasn’t any of her business and

picked up her pace a little. David watched her retreating

back. “So you’re saying I could end up overweight and bald

and reduced to sucking off some grotty little hustler in a

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