Through the Fire--Matt & Adam by Megan Slayer

Author:Megan Slayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Romance, LGBTQ, Gay, Gay Romance, LGBTQ Romance, Wildfires, Natural Disasters
Publisher: Megan Slayer
Published: 2022-02-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Adam didn’t understand Matt’s shift in attitude. One minute they were happy on the couch and kissing. The next minute everything seemed to go to hell. But he couldn’t fix anything if he didn’t know what was wrong. First, he needed to add the pasta to the water or they wouldn’t have supper.

“I don’t know what’s eating at you, but I need to finish the spaghetti. If you would, I’ve got parmesan cheese in the fridge. Grab it?” Adam stirred the pasta and lowered the temp on the sauce. “When I was a kid, Mom let us loose in the kitchen. She’d only correct if we were going to hurt ourselves or something. I learned about the different spices and how to make food taste better without salt. It’s kind of fun. One of these days, I’ll teach you.”

“You will?” Matt placed the cheese container on the counter.

“Sure.” He set the timer and stirred the pasta once more. “We could do like wine tasting but with different spices and dishes.”

“That would be cool.” Matt eased away from Adam and stood in the doorway. “I can’t cook for shit, so I’ll stand over here out the way. You seem to have everything under control, and I’m not much help.”

He had so much self-doubt. Adam checked the boiling pasta then turned his attention to Matt. Now he understood Matt’s hesitance. His confidence had been blown to hell. By what? Adam wasn’t sure, but he wanted to know. “Before we do anything else besides finish cooking the spaghetti, I want you to open up. Talk to me. What’s wrong?”

“I’m just tired.”

He hated when people lied. “Want to go with that, or do you want time to come up with something better? We’re stuck together for the next day or so. I haven’t seen a radar or news broadcast, but I’m betting the fires and smoke won’t be over for at least another day. Come on.”

“Is—is Nick okay? Have you heard from him?” Matt didn’t look Adam in the eye.

“This isn’t about Nick.” He checked the pasta again and switched off the stove.

“Everything is about Nick,” Matt muttered.

“True. The guy is full of himself.” He dumped the water and pasta into the colander, then glanced back at Matt. “You’re the older brother, but you had to live in his shadow.” He knew Matt’s story so well in that respect. Nick talked about Matt a lot but mostly how Matt wasn’t good enough. Matt never seemed to measure up, and Nick complained. Not that he’d tell Matt yet, but that complaining was most of the reason he and Nick never coupled up.

“What are you talking about?” Matt inched into the kitchen and stirred the sauce. “Ready for this? Or are you a sauce and pasta separate kind of guy?”

“I like it all mixed up.” Like he wanted to be all mixed up with Matt. “Pour it on once I put the pasta back into the pan.” Once the sauce and pasta were mixed, Adam placed the food in a dish.

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