Trace (Significant Brothers Book 4) by E. Davies

Author:E. Davies [Davies, E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

16

Leo

It was only Tuesday, but Leo was exhausted.

“You wanna do something after work?”

That sure as hell wasn’t going to help matters. He pushed back the urge to sigh, instead giving Victor a polite smile. “What were you thinking?”

“Go out for drinks, cruise for chicks… the old days.”

Those weren’t like any old days Leo remembered, but Victor seemed to be reminiscing every time they bumped into each other at the station or even at a scene. Letting him get it out of his system might help.

“Okay, sure. When? Today?”

“Sure, man!” Victor grinned, but the expression felt like a challenge rather than an invitation. “Or do you already have plans?”

Leo hadn’t seen Dustin at work on Monday, since he’d been off and at school all day. Today, their paths hadn’t crossed once yet. Safe to say there were no plans yet, although Leo kind of wanted there to be. “What? No.”

“Good, good.” Victor leaned into Leo’s cubicle, his thumb hooked through his belt. “You know what the guys have been saying, right?”

“About me?” Leo asked, folding his arms as he leaned back in his office chair. He had a pretty damn good idea, and he was also pretty sure Victor was full of it. He hadn’t heard whispers about himself, and he hadn’t even seen any sideways glances. “Shoot.”

“Well, uh… you know. You’re back in town a little different now.”

“Spit it out. You think I’m gay?”

Victor almost choked. “I didn’t say that, man,” he said, holding his palms out and up, facing Leo. Like he was trying to apologize or calm him down… like it was an insult, even.

“It’s not an insult,” Leo told him. “Just a statement of fact. Not a true fact, but there you are.”

“Oh.” Victor’s chest swelled as if with relief. “I mean, cool. Nobody cares around here.”

“But they still talk about it?” Leo challenged.

Victor cleared his throat. “Well, you know. You came to that cake auction with Dustin—you two baked a cake together.” He snickered.

“You know, you missed an important question,” Leo said. He grabbed his empty coffee mug and shouldered past Victor, but the annoying prick followed him to the lunch room.

“What’s that?”

“It’s not that important to you if you didn’t think about it.” Leo pointedly glanced toward the forensics lab as they passed that hallway.

Victor’s brow furrowed. “Are you buddies with Dustin?”

Leo almost laughed. It’s like bi doesn’t even exist in their minds. God, it probably doesn’t in his. “Sure. Yeah. He’s probably my best friend in town right now.”

“Ah, man. You could have told me!” Victor insisted, shadowing him all the way to the coffee maker as he set down his mug and grabbed a second mug. “I didn’t realize you weren’t settling in.”

“I am. I don’t need pity dates, even of the friendship variety,” Leo said drily. “So, you want drinks tonight? But only if I’m not gay?”

“Oh, I never said that. I just don’t want people thinking it’s more than it is.”

Leo’s lips quirked. “Man, you could walk into a gay bar and everyone there would know you’re straight.

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