The Carpenter's Prince by Jayce Ellis

Author:Jayce Ellis [Ellis, Jayce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-781-0
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

SEAN’S HEAD throbbed. Pounded. Hell, both. Suffice it to say, he felt like crap, and it had nothing—well, very little—to do with the amount of whiskey he had drunk when he got home the night before. It was over. Sure, Keni had couched it in professional terms, telling him that maybe they could start back up once he finished his job, but Sean knew the desperate attempt to find an escape hatch when he saw one. Very “it’s not you, it’s me.” Which he’d heard before and knew was bullshit. It was always him. The only thing he couldn’t figure out was why Keni’d bothered in the first place, and he wasn’t sure any answer would be satisfactory. Best to let go of it now and move on.

But first, water. He rolled to the side and pushed himself up, and that was a terrible idea. It took what felt like hours, but he made it downstairs to the kitchen. Three tall glasses of water and some aspirin later, and he felt halfway to normal. What he really needed was to be done. Done with the set pieces, done with his part in the kids’ production, done with Keni. And as much of a shit as he felt right now, he’d be done today.

Sean scrounged up some food and let it take effect, then walked to his little workshop in the back. He was finalizing the detail work, the little pops of color and creativity that gave the props life. To be fair, he should’ve finished days ago, but he’d slacked off. The longer he took, he’d reasoned, the more time he had with Keni. Maybe his subconscious knew what was coming and had wanted to soak up as much time with Keni as possible. Damn prescient thing.

There was no help for it. Sean plugged his phone in and, after careful consideration and numerous false starts, settled on the Black Panther soundtrack to listen to. For the next hour or so, he focused, and even in his state he couldn’t help but grin at the finished product. Now all he needed to do was set it up at the studio and get Naveed’s approval.

The studio was dark and the parking lot empty when he showed up almost forty-five minutes later, but that didn’t stop the nerves roiling in his stomach. Visions of the times he and Keni had met here flashed through his head. If Keni was here, which wouldn’t be a surprise, would Sean run to him, or away? Neither his heart nor head held the answer.

He unlocked the back door and made his way through the darkness. By now he’d worked out how to maneuver in the dark without stumbling until he reached the light switch. In the hallway he saw that, for once, all the studios were dark. The weight of disappointment nearly crushed him, and Sean steadied himself with a hand against the wall. A few harsh sucks of air later, Sean straightened and shook his head. It was over.

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