He is Mine by Mel Gough

Author:Mel Gough [Gough, Mel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-06T16:00:00+00:00

He puts the paper on the bedside table next to the water and the pills. Then he stands for another moment and listens to Damien’s quiet and even breaths. The sleeping man’s curls lie across his forehead and over one eye. Without thinking, Brad reaches down and gently smooths them back. Damien gives a small sigh, and Brad straightens up hastily. What’s the matter with him today?

With one last look at Damien’s sleeping form, he squares his shoulders and tiptoes from the room.

22

Brad has the next day off. It’s a Saturday, but since it’s his only day off between two workdays it doesn’t feel like a weekend. He finds it difficult to settle to anything, his mind straying back to last night again and again. Brad sees Damien’s pale, drawn face before his eyes, but more often, his imagination conjures up the wide shoulders, the smooth fold of buttock skin he squeezed between his fingers, and the gray eyes that sparkled and held his gaze fast.

After a quick session at the gym, Brad boots up his computer and logs into his Netflix account. As the opening music of Gaukur starts streaming from the speakers, a heat creeps up his face. Checking out Damien on his show feels both exciting and a little pathetic.

The scantily clad, muscular figure on screen bears only fleeting resemblance with the pale man Brad looked after the night before. Brad soon realizes he prefers Damien in the real world to this fictional warrior, even the vulnerable and helpless version he just encountered. The hero Bard is nice to look at, though, and Brad stays in front of the screen for three full episodes. Soon, he’s caught up in the story. He remembers watching at least one of these episodes before, but he didn’t notice anything about Bard then beyond his physical appeal. Now, after the first few minutes, he looks out more for Damien’s mannerisms than the warrior Bard’s bicep. The tilt of the head, the crooked smile, the way his eyes fix on the other characters, all of which Brad remembers from firsthand experience.

As the credits start rolling on episode three, he powers down the computer. Enough of that. Curiosity is one thing, but fantasizing about Damien to the point of arousal feels wrong. Brad busies himself elsewhere in the house for the rest of the day, feeling the slight blush creep up now and then and hoping that Damien feels better.

The next day at work is quiet. Brad tries to concentrate on his paperwork, but the thought of Damien just won’t leave him. Now it’s more concern that attraction that diverts his attention from the case files. Brad tells himself that the reason Damien hasn’t called is because he’s doing much better and doesn’t need help. But the urge to return to Chinatown won’t dissipate. In an attempt to distract himself, Brad closes the case files and spends the rest of the morning doing research. He pores over crime statistics and patterns involving Manhattan’s Chinese community going back ten years.

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