Four by Tia Fielding

Author:Tia Fielding [Fielding, Tia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-471-0
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-04-18T16:00:00+00:00

HE TOOK Hestia to the bathroom with him, just to amuse her for a while. She was curious about everything, and like he had thought, the shower was no different. She didn’t quite understand how the glass wall worked, though, and kept pawing at it and looking confused.

Padraig laughed at her and almost inhaled some water. “Hey, now, no drowning Daddy, okay, girl?”

She huffed and turned to go tug stuff out of his hamper. Awesome.

He felt oddly calm after getting the first burst of memories and grief out of his system. When Padraig had initially seen Francis there, it had been like a sledgehammer to his heart, a painful and powerful reminder of what he’d once had with Marcus. Padraig, Marcus, and Francis had thousands of memories together ever since they were nineteen or twenty.

He loved Francis like a brother, yet somehow he’d forgotten that in his grief, or maybe his brain had just thought it would be easier to stay away from the memories, even if it meant staying away from Francis as well.

Padraig toweled himself after the shower, then pulled on some comfy clothing and his slippers before going to knock on Kaos’s door with Hestia in tow.

“Yes?” Kaos called, and Padraig opened the door to peek in. Kaos was sitting on his bed with a mirror and a package of wet wipes, cleaning his face.

“I hope you’re not doing that on my account?” Padraig frowned slightly.

“Oh no. Not really. More for comfort’s sake. Dinnertime soon and all that.”

“Okay, good to know. I… I can’t explain how beautiful you are, with or without the makeup, without sounding like a total fool. I….” He shook his head and looked at the floor instead of Kaos.

“Hey, Padraig,” Kaos said, getting off his bed and coming closer. His makeup was mostly gone, but remnants were left behind. “Look at me?”

Padraig did, Kaos’s searching gaze boring into his own.

“Whatever this is, between us, we’re in no rush, right?” Kaos asked quietly. “Neither of us is in a place where we can rush anything. Sure, the sparks might be crazy, but that doesn’t mean we need to jump each other the first chance we get, right?”

Padraig looked at him, trying to gauge if this was rejection or if Kaos was actually telling him the truth. Then again, last night Kaos had kissed Padraig back with passion he had rarely felt from Marcus in the last God-knew-how-many years.

Yet just the fact that he compared them like that should’ve probably told Padraig he wasn’t ready yet.

“Y-yeah,” he stuttered, then cleared his throat. “You’re right. I think I need to talk to Francis about the past. Put all those things to rest. I don’t want to hurt you by not being ready if… if something was to happen here.”

“So we wait. We figure it out. Slowly.” Kaos’s smile was small and wistful, but still genuine.

“Slowly,” Padraig agreed, then gestured over his shoulder. “I’ll go hang out with Francis. Did he say anything about why he’s here?”

Kaos frowned slightly.

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