Into Deep Water by Kaje Harper

Author:Kaje Harper [Harper, Kaje]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: m/m romance
Publisher: M/M Romance Group
Published: 2012-05-06T23:33:13+00:00

“I know.” Daniel bent and stowed the wallet away.

At the front of the room a corpsman rang a bell.

Daniel stood abruptly, as if jerked upward by strings. Jacob reached toward him, regardless of the screaming stab it sent through his back.

Daniel gripped his hand, briefly but hard enough to turn his knuckles white. Then he let go.

“So long, Jacob. Have a good trip home, you lucky bastard.”

Around the room, other men were getting up, shaking hands, touching shoulders, even faces. Nothing unusual about the two of them. Jacob wanted to say something, something special, something that would carry both of them through the months to come. God, maybe even years. But his throat had closed up completely. He blinked hard, staring fixedly at Daniel's face.

Daniel's perfect mouth tilted into a wry smile. “I know,” he said softly. And then he turned and made his way out without looking back.

Minutes later, maybe hours later, the ward nurse came by and looked down at Jacob's face. “You look like you need more pain medication, sailor.”

That wasn't really what he needed, but Jacob quite willingly let her bring the doc over to drug him into oblivion.

CHAPTER 9

November 1945.

Jacob slid the shoebox out from under his bed and lifted it to his lap. He hadn't indulged in this for a week now, but Thanksgiving was almost upon him and he wasn't feeling strong tonight. He untied the string and slid the lid off carefully. The thin paper in the box shifted as he carefully turned it over and emptied the contents into a pile on the coverlet. Not a lot of letters, for two and a half long years. It was almost ritual now. He read from the bottom to the top.

March 14, 1943

Trip, I hope your back is good enough for you to get around some by now. We're somewhere I can't say, and it's not as cold as where you are. But I'm still thinking about you back there the States. I bet there's still snow. Here sometimes it rains a lot. Then there are bright sunny days. Sometimes both in less than an hour's time. Good thing we don't have earthquakes. It's been a quiet few days and we've had actual leave but we ship out again tonight. Don't know how long. Best. D

May 26, 1943

Glad to hear you got home safely. Your letters caught up with me as I sat on a tropical beach with a beer. Warm beer, unfortunately, and not an icebox in sight. But still the first I've tasted in a while. Not a bad life, right? We've been mainly acting as a taxi for Marines. Those boys are tough, but some of them are so damned young. I don't think we were ever that young. Well, maybe you were.

Be sure you work hard for the torture-warden therapist – I want to go cheer in the bleachers at a ball game with you when I get home. I'm glad your hip is getting better. And I guess by now you're out of the hospital and home with your folks.

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