Beneath the Current by Taylor Ryan

Author:Taylor Ryan [Ryan, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

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Shit, when Shawn's hot mouth had engulfed him, he'd almost come right then.

He'd been worried about Martin's attitude this morning. It wasn't like the man to be, well... it wasn't affectionate... but congenial, maybe? For a while, Casey actually believed that Martin was trying to tell him that he really did care for him, in his own way.

But then he'd brought up the fact that Casey wasn't human—that he was just an experiment. It wasn't that Casey didn't know that—he'd always known, well, at least since he was about seven or eight, that he was the result of a genetic experiment. He'd always had dreams about a different place where he'd lived before here, and Thomas and Martin had eventually told him the truth when he'd wanted to know why he could shift and they couldn't. It also explained why they often took blood samples and did tests as he was growing up.

So it wasn't knowing he was a mutant that bothered him so much, it was his uncle reminding him that he was just an anomaly, a thing that needed to be tested and observed constantly for changes. Both of his uncles had always been worried about the stability of his genes, whether the shifting would cause his body to deteriorate faster given the strain on his bones and muscles.

It was why he couldn't leave. Martin was the only one who knew who he was and whether or not his body would continue to thrive or not. He didn't feel like he was going to fall apart, but Martin constantly seemed worried about it, always doing tests and taking blood and other samples. Casey often wondered what the results were, but Martin never shared and Casey couldn't read them. So he just figured if it was becoming a problem, his uncle would tell him. Maybe. Wouldn't he? Or would he just keep taking samples and recording his demise? Maybe if he couldn't do anything about it, maybe his uncle had decided not to tell him to spare him the anxiety of knowing he was dying?

Shit. Now, he was wondering if he was dying. Damn it. He didn't feel like it. But would he feel the changes, or would they be so subtle that he wouldn't notice?

His brain had run amok after his uncle's off-handed comment. He was suddenly anxious again about things he thought he'd accepted long ago. He couldn't change how things were, so why should he worry about it.

But now there was Shawn. And he'd been thinking about his future. A possible future with Shawn. Maybe his fears were surfacing again because he had considered telling Shawn about his 'dysfunction.' As much as he was worried about what Shawn might think, he was getting to the point where he wanted Shawn to know everything. He hated keeping his mer side so contained and secret. And he was terrified that Shawn would find out accidently and be even more freaked out. Maybe if he told him, broke it to him gently.

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