Throttled by K. Sterling

Author:K. Sterling [Sterling, K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bawdy Books
Published: 2019-02-06T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“Well…that didn’t last long,” Marco chuckled as he raised his head and looked at the pillow next to him. It was cool as his hand spread across it and his lips twisted as his neck stretched before he sat up and swung his legs over the side of the bed. He grabbed his head as the room swung around him and he waited for his vision to settle then smiled at the bedside table. Pills and a bottle of water waited. Marco took the pills then scanned for something to wear before he waved dismissively and headed into the hall. He didn’t want to wear the scrubs from the hospital and he planned to be in bed with Wal again soon. He found him in the spare room, sitting on the floor, glancing inside comic books before putting them in protective sleeves. “Hey,” Marco said and Wal’s head snapped up. His eyes were wide and huge with love and awe and Marco felt a little dizzy again.

“Hey,” Wal said. His voice cracked and he swallowed hard. “I had too much on my mind and I didn’t want to disturb you,” he explained and Marco made a knowing sound as he pushed away from the door. He crouched next to Wal and took the book from his hands before he could slide it into the sleeve.

“Why do you do this? Why do you keep collecting these if you aren’t going to read them?” He asked and Wal became very still as his eyes went to the clear bins.

“I had a grandfather for a while,” he whispered and Marco nodded.

“I know, he died when you were almost four,” he said and Wal reached into the box next to him and pulled out another comic book. He opened it and his head tilted as he checked a page before he closed it and took a plastic sleeve from the pile in front of his folded legs.

“I don’t know anything about my mother, beyond what I read in her records, and I can’t remember anything about her. But I have memories of my grandfather. My earliest memories are of him and he was the only person who was really kind or cared about me, until Bill,” Wal said and Marco whispered his name as he sank next to him and kissed his shoulder. Wal kissed his hair and rubbed his cheek against it. “My grandfather liked to go to the track and he’d take me along with him. He always stopped and bought me a pack of gum and a comic book, to keep me entertained. I didn’t really understand the comics but they kept my attention for the afternoon,” he explained and Marco smiled.

“Did he pick any particular ones for you? Like Archie or Spiderman?” He asked and Wal shook his head.

“I don’t think so. I think he picked whichever one had the most exciting looking cover,” he said then took a deep, steadying breath. “We were at the track and a

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