Complications by Tinnean

Author:Tinnean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: family, gay mystery, gay couple, gay adult sex
Publisher: Tinnean

VI

WHEN WE GOT INTO the car this time, the kid dropped his backpack on the floorboard and started talking almost as soon as he buckled up. “Miss Su jumped up onto my lap and let me pet her!” Tiramisu—Miss Su—was the American Bobtail Matheson had given Theo their first Christmas together. Joe sighed. “It must be really nice to have a pet.”

“Are you okay?”

“Excuse me?”

“Eyes itchy? Nose runny or feels like you have to sneeze?”

“No.”

And he wasn’t coughing or scratching at his arms or chest. I nodded. Seemed like he wasn’t allergic. “We’ll talk about it in the morning.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.”

“Cool!”

“How do you feel about the games Theo let you borrow?”

“They’re great.” He’d been dazzled by the size of Theo’s collection of computer games. “He’s got Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern, and he said the next time we come over he’ll play it with me. But he wouldn’t even let me try Tomb Raider.” He sounded aggrieved.

“When you get older.”

“That’s what he said, but I’m not a baby, you know. I’ve seen Lara Croft.”

I swallowed a laugh. I’d seen the games before he’d tucked them into his backpack: Sims 2, Clue, and Super Mario Brothers. They were all suitable for a preteen.

“But I still want to play Tomb Raider,” he muttered.

This time I did laugh as I put the Dodge in gear and steered it away from the curb.

* * * *

We were halfway home when it occurred to me I didn’t know if we had anything suitable for a kid’s breakfast in our fridge. I’d been out of town, and so had Quinn, so it was likely we didn’t have anything suitable for our breakfast.

“We’ll have to make a stop.”

“Okay.”

“What do you like for breakfast?”

“Excuse me?”

Jesus, was he always this polite? “Breakfast? The first meal of the day? Supposedly the most important?”

“I know what breakfast is…” There was a long, considering pause before he concluded, “Sir.”

What the fuck? “Yeah, so what do you like?”

I caught his shrug from the corner of my eye. “Cereal’s fine.” He stared out the passenger window.

“What kind?” There was one of those twenty-four-hour pharmacies nearby, and it stocked everything from the expected health and beauty aids to toys, clothes, DC souvenirs, and, more to the point, groceries.

He shrugged again.

“Fine. I’ll call it.” And if he didn’t like it, tough shit.

“Well, you said you were the adult.” Was the little—was the kid laughing at me?

“Just don’t you forget it.”

* * * *

The parking lot of the pharmacy was well lit, and I found a spot I was comfortable with. At that time of night, there were only a few cars there, and I figured most of them belonged to employees.

“Anything else you might need here?” He had a toothbrush and toothpaste, and even though they were only travel sizes, the toothbrush and toothpaste in the toiletry case were still in their original packages, so he could use those if he had to. He’d probably need other stuff, though…I drew a blank. What else in the way of

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