The Lonely Drop by Vanessa North

Author:Vanessa North [North, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: M/M Romance, Love’s Landscapes, gay romance, culinary/bartenders, reunited, second chance, long distance, businessmen, masturbation, switch/versatile
Publisher: Goodreads M/M Romance Group
Published: 2014-10-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

He’s waiting just inside the doors when I pull up in front of the airport. He practically runs to my car, tosses his suitcase in the backseat, and lets himself in the passenger side before I can even turn on my hazards.

“Well, hey.” I grin at him as I pull out of the pick-up lane.

“Hi. Thank you. Oh my God, thank you, Nick. I hate spending the night in an airport. If you weren’t driving, I’d kiss you.”

His words stir a sweet little flutter in my belly, but I shrug. “It’s not a big deal.”

“Shut up. It’s a big deal to me. Thank you, for real.”

I glance over at him, and he’s smiling, a great big grin of appreciation and warmth. I can’t help but smile back. “You’re welcome.”

The house is dark when we pull up— disconcerting, seeing as how I always leave the porch light on when I’m not home.

“Shit,” I mutter. “I think I’ve lost power.”

“Do you have a generator? I’ll help you hook it up.” He gathers his suitcase and follows me inside.

“No generator. I should, just to keep the fridge running, but most of the time… well, most of the time I don’t need stuff like that. I don’t lose power often enough to make it a priority.”

“I hereby volunteer to help you eat the perishables and drink the beer,” he says as he follows me upstairs.

I point to the guest bedroom. “You can put your suitcase in there. Ugh, I am so not in the mood to drink beer.” I scowl at him. “I’m still feeling last night a little bit.”

“Sorry, bro.” He leers a little bit. “But you sure looked hot, losing all your inhibitions like that.”

“I wish you wouldn’t do that.”

“What?”

“Tell me I’m hot. Stuff like that.”

“Oh, here we go again.” He rolls his eyes. “It was just dancing. Your virtue is safe.”

“It’s not about virtue. It’s…” My face flushes hot. “I watched you in the shower this morning.” Shit. Why did I confess that?

“You watched me— oh.” I see it, the moment it registers what I did. He turns a little red, but then tries to shrug it off. The emotions on his face flit between anger and amusement, but never embarrassment. Not like he has anything to be embarrassed about. I’m the one who crossed a line.

His voice is quiet. “I know I flirt inappropriately, but that was private.”

“I know, I’m sorry. I feel horrible. I’ll let you get settled in here. I’m so sorry.”

“Apology accepted. But, hey—” He reaches for my arm before I can escape. “Just talk to me for a minute, because I don’t understand, Nick. So you saw me jerking off. So what? I just don’t get it. You’re so uptight about sex, but your mom was a hippie. Free love and all that jazz. I respect your choices but help me understand them.”

“The only thing free love ever got me was an absentee father.”

Oh. Shit. I never meant to say that out loud.

“You know you can’t get pregnant, right?” He smiles a little, but it’s not funny to me.

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