Rough in Wranglers by BA Tortuga

Author:BA Tortuga [Tortuga, BA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64080-162-2
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-04-13T05:00:00+00:00

IT WAS Wednesday. Had been all damned day, and that was nothing unusual, except that the doc was supposed to show up sometime on Wednesday to check on the filly and look in on Bumper. Guy was on edge waiting for him, a fact that had not escaped Tighe or Lane, who gave him hell for being a grumpy old bastard.

Guy just snarled at them, and they scattered, and he apologized an hour later, and they laughed. Those fellas knew him too well, and he had no doubt that they were off somewhere putting Crisco in his hat or begging Cookie for bean sandwiches for dinner.

As it was, it was late in the afternoon, near on to dinner, when he saw that black pickup coming up the drive, and something tight in his belly went loose as he walked out to meet the doc halfway. Somehow he was afraid he’d scared the man off.

“Howdy, Guy!” The doc looked tired but happy as a pig in shit. “Damn near thought I’d have to cancel on you. Liz Randall’s mare got blocked up trying to foal, and I thought for a bit we’d lose ’em both. How’s the day treating you?”

“Better all the time. And you ought to be happy here, then, as that filly is doing a sight better than she was.” They shook hands, and Guy couldn’t help but linger over it a bit.

“Is she? Good to hear. How’s Bumper doing?” The warm hand slid from his, fingers caressing his palm before moving away.

He cleared his throat. “Good. Seems to be anyway. Eating fine, soaking up the attention.” Staring like that was probably bad. “He and Petunia fought a bit the first hour or two, but they figured out a pecking order finally.”

“Petunia won?” He got another of those damned grins guaranteed to throw a train off track.

“Yep.” And people told him his grin was unexpected? Lord. That smile made him…. Well, damn. It made him hard, which he had to move to hide, motioning for the doc to follow him over to the petting zoo. He leaned on a rail.

The doc settled beside him, looking homey in faded, worn-thin flannel and jeans, sensible work boots and a gimme cap finishing him out. Bumper came running, immediately nosing around for a bit of carrot or a bite of apple. “Hey, spoiled brat. How’re they treating you?”

“I think he misses you a bit.” He had to grin, because that damned stinky long-necked beast was all over the doc like he wanted to be. Shit. He shouldn’t be thinking like that.

The doc found a treat and staved Bumper off. “Oh, I bet he loves the kids. Hell, I know he’s sleeping better away from Spartacus. That wolf spooked him something fierce.”

“I imagine.” He’d been thinking about that wolf, worrying at the situation, but hadn’t come up with anything yet. “They know the difference, don’t they? Predator and prey.”

“Oh, yeah. It’s in their genes, down deep. There’s little getting around it.” Those big old hands rested on the fence, heavy and still.

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