Worth It by Chloe B. Young

Author:Chloe B. Young [Young, Chloe B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary romance, gay
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Published: 2020-10-05T00:00:00+00:00

“And then we watched cartoons for, like, three hours. It was the freakiest morning after ever.”

“I bet.”

Elliott heard a clinking on Kevin’s end of the phone line. He didn’t care that Kevin was doing his dishes while Elliott rambled about his weekend—omitting incriminating details—because he’d done the same thing before during other Sunday catch-ups.

Elliott drummed his fingers against the heavy hardcover textbook he could only ever read in his room because of its obnoxious weight, which prevented it from fitting comfortably in his bag. “He really didn’t seem the type to go in for mindless entertainment geared toward millennials.”

“What type did he seem?”

“Well, based on what we usually watch, I’d expected him to stick exclusively to thinky, arty Oscar winners, with the occasional smart action movie thrown in for something relaxing.”

There was a pause, and a noise like something heavy being set down. “You watch movies with him a lot?”

“Yeah, all the time.” That wasn’t all they did, especially after the first couple of weeks, since they’d gotten through the backlog of Aiden’s To Be Watched list. They mostly read together, or sometimes, Aiden ate dinner while Elliott talked his ear off about anything and everything.

“Uh-huh.” Elliott could hear the smile in Kevin’s voice, could picture his face perfectly. He immediately panicked, because that face never led to anything good. “How long have you been watching movies with this guy? I thought you said he was an awkward morning after.”

“Oh.” Elliott wished he could rewind and clap his hand over his flapping mouth. “Well, yeah, it was a bit awkward, but we aren’t strangers. It’s the same guy I told you about a while ago.”

A moment of silence followed, in which Elliott would have been willing to swear Kevin’s grin got more gleeful. “I thought it might be. He sounds cool.”

“He is,” Elliott admitted, hoping it would give his best friend some comfort. Kevin worried about him enough without Elliott telling him the entire truth: Well, I thought he was going to ignore me before and after we fucked, then kick me to the curb when he was done, but he’s actually decent and can hold an intelligent conversation about pretty much anything, which has somehow become sort of a kink for me.

“So, is that a thing?” Kevin asked excitedly. “Are you having cozy movie nights with a guy, and you didn’t even tell me?”

“Nooo,” Elliott said, sitting bolt upright in bed. The heavy textbook fell off his chest, and he only just caught it, preventing his offspring-siring years from being cut short. “I mean, yeah, we watch movies, sometimes there’s popcorn. Usually there’s one or both of our dicks involved—”

“Ugh, PG-13, Elliott!”

“But it’s casual. We’re not dating, we aren’t meeting each other’s friends or family, and we’re definitely not serious. At all. Ever.”

Kevin sighed. “Okay, okay. Point made. Studly lawyer dude isn’t marriage material.”

“One, how dare you use the word ‘studly’ in my earshot. Second, I hate you for it and I want to throw up.”

“Serves you right for putting your dick into my mind.

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