Merry Critmas (Dungeons and Dating) by Katherine McIntyre

Author:Katherine McIntyre [McIntyre, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-11-13T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

When Jay had recruited Leo to be his fake boyfriend for the work party and the family function, he’d forgotten one important fact.

He’d met Leo at his cousin Luke’s wedding.

However, Luke lived out in Chicago, which was how he and Leo had become friends, and the chance of his cousin being at Aunt Lorrie’s tonight was slim.

Slim, but not impossible, which was why Jay brimmed with anxiety yet again. If his brain came with an off switch, that’d be great, but no such luck.

“What do I need to know?” Leo asked as Jay pulled in front of Aunt Lorrie’s house behind one of the dozens of vehicles lining the street.

“I’m just hoping no one remembers you,” Jay muttered, trying to ignore the sweat accumulating on his palms.

“Ouch, cruel,” Leo teased back.

Jay shot him a look. “I mean from the wedding. You know, the one you were a groomsman at.”

“Sweetheart, very few cousins showed up to the bachelor party, and I spent one night with these individuals, most of who were drunk as fuck,” Leo responded. “Besides, I snuck off during the reception with you for the rest of that night.”

Jay’s cheeks colored at the memory. This week had been an agony of masturbation and trying to not text Leo to come over and fuck his brains out. Waiting until the end of the holidays sounded worse with every passing day, but that was probably stupid amounts of lust calling the shots, not his brain.

“Right,” Jay muttered. “Fine, well, since we’re going by the story that we’ve only been dating a little bit and you haven’t met my folks yet, they’ll be the nosiest. The rest of the family can be back and forth.” His stomach churned a little. Part of the reason he’d wanted a security person to cling to tonight was due to the family. Most of them had adjusted to the fact that he’d transitioned, that he was Jay now. But occasionally a deadname would slip out or his old pronouns, and while the intent wasn’t malicious, it threw him off-kilter either way.

The dysphoria had been back and forth as of late, the pitch to his stomach when he looked in the mirror, how he wanted to crawl out of his skin sometimes. Even picking an outfit for tonight had been a longer than average process. After he’d gotten top surgery, a lot of the more severe dysphoria faded to the background, but it still flared up at times. The frequency was due to the breakup and his insecurities afterwards, but one thing that had been helping was spending time with Leo.

The man wasn’t as simple as a distraction. He brought Jay to life in ways that former relationships never had, maybe with his implicit acceptance, the way Leo saw him, or how his outgoing attitude encouraged him to be more.

“All I need is the cover story,” Leo responded, reaching over to squeeze his shoulder. “Handling a bunch of your relatives doesn’t scare me.” The touch sent a shiver through Jay, just as much of a turn-on as the sheer confidence rolling off Leo.

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