The House on Hancock Hill by Indra Vaughn

Author:Indra Vaughn [Vaughn, Indra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

WE ENDED up in his bed, stripped down to our underwear, kissing lazily. I loved touching him, the muscles of his chest, his stomach, the veins on his forearms. Never before had I wanted to just look at someone, drink him in. Never before had simply lying beside a warm body been a goal in itself rather than a means to an end.

Henry lifted his head and shifted so I could roll onto my uninjured side. The stitches on my chin throbbed, but I ignored them. He said, “So tell me about this friend of yours.” I looked at him in confusion. “Dan.”

“Ah. Daniel Frisk.” His eyebrow rose. “He’s, uh, someone I meet up with, every once in a while.”

“Yeah?” If he was jealous, he didn’t show it. “And what does Daniel Frisk do when he’s not meeting up with you?”

“He’s a physical therapist at the Munson Medical Center.” I waited for the massage joke, but it didn’t come. “He’s a nice guy, but it’s not like we’re dating or anything. He’s just—”

“Competent?” He laughed when I poked his ribs. “Will you see him when you leave here?”

“I—”

I didn’t know what he saw on my face, but he quickly leaned over and kissed me, easing me onto my back. “It’s all right,” he murmured, bracketing me with his arms. Whenever Tom used to do this, or even Daniel, it had made me feel claustrophobic. With Henry, I fit my hands to the rise of his ribs and stroked him, treasuring him. “I’m not judging you. I just want to know you won’t be alone. Forget I asked. It’s none of my business.”

“So you did have sex with women?” I asked Henry when we’d kissed for so long my lips felt numb. It’d been something that had niggled at the back of my mind, and while I hadn’t meant for it to come out like that, he didn’t seem to care. He rolled onto his back, but it didn’t feel like it was to get away from me, so I turned on my side to watch him.

“Not loads, but yeah. A few times in college. Two years ago, there was a vet tech at the clinic, but she didn’t stick around.”

I tried not to imagine what might’ve happened if she had.

“And you never found it weird? Or… I don’t know. Whenever I used to picture having sex with women….” I made a face.

“I like women,” Henry said easily. “That hasn’t changed.”

“But you like men, too.”

He seemed to ponder that. “Not really. It’s just you, I guess.”

“Oh.” I wasn’t sure what that meant, and it was too early to start brooding about possible explanations. “So,” I rolled onto my belly and grinned at him. “What do you prefer, now that you can compare.”

Henry rolled his eyes but he smiled, shifting onto his side too. “Sex with women,” he said.

“Hey!” I pushed up, not having expected that answer. Henry pulled me back down.

“I wasn’t done.” He kneaded his fingers through my hair, into the tight muscle of my neck.

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