Safe House by Charley Descoteaux

Author:Charley Descoteaux [Descoteaux, Charley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63477-607-3
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

FOR NO reason that made sense, as soon as Kyle sat in Paulie’s Volvo, he got nervous. Or maybe restless. And sad. He didn’t really want to leave, but he couldn’t face staying either. A few miles north on Highway 101, they passed Brandon driving a police car in the opposite direction. Bran briefly raised a hand in greeting and then turned his attention back to the road. Kyle couldn’t help himself—he watched Bran as they passed and then turned and stared at the back of Brandon’s head until a bend in the road cut off the view. Kyle was tempted to ask Paulie to turn around so he could—what? Pull over a cop and ask, “What the hell were you thinking last night?” Kyle couldn’t fully suppress a shudder at the thought and refused to think about whether it had more to do with the cop thing or what the answer to that question might have been.

For that matter, what the hell was I thinking to turn down a hookup from someone I really wanted to fuck again?

Paulie patted Kyle’s thigh, interrupting his thoughts. “What happened with you two?”

“Do I have to?”

“Well, I’m not the boss of you. But yes. You have to.” Paulie glanced over, wearing an apologetic smile.

“Since you’re driving me home…. I don’t—he’s not exactly prime setup material. He didn’t seem at all interested in being set up.” Kyle tried to convey with his tone that he meant “set up for more than a hookup,” so he wouldn’t have to actually say it. “At least not with me. I appreciate the thought, really I do, but why him? Why did you guys do that to me?”

“Sorry, honey. He’s been talking about finding someone nice since I’ve known him. I thought he really wanted to settle down. And you two would be so good together.”

Kyle laughed, or at least that’s what it felt like. The sound had more in common with an asthma attack. “Me and a cop?”

“I know, it doesn’t look perfect on paper. But he’s different. Underneath the blue uniform and the muscles beats the soft heart of a drama queen.”

“I don’t know, Paulie.”

“I do.” Paulie took a deep breath—but instead of going on with that subject, he asked for a bottle of water.

Kyle opened one and passed it to him, trying to be patient. “Can I know too?”

Paulie drank and passed the bottle back but kept his eyes on the road. “Are you sure you’re still interested? I wouldn’t blame you if you weren’t.”

“Maybe I shouldn’t be, but I am.”

“Okay, then.” Paulie smiled. He really wanted to tell this story. “He and Tim had been together for a few years when Tim got hurt playing softball. When Bran got to the hospital, they said only family could go in and see him. So he pitched a fit—all the way up to the top, the director of the hospital, I think—until they let him in. He threatened to sue, because if he was a woman they’d let him in to see his comatose fiancé.

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