The Family We Make by Dan Wingreen

Author:Dan Wingreen [Wingreen, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Geeks, NineStar Press, romance, Humorous, friends to lovers, Bullying, Teaching, family, Children, LGBTQIA+, Gay, explicit, Contemporary, Slow Burn, family drama
ISBN: 9781951880682
Publisher: NineStar Press, LLC
Published: 2020-05-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Spencer Kent spent the day after Halloween in a state of mild panic.

Of course, the term mild was kind of relative, he thought as he stared at himself in the mirror that morning, wondering where in the fucking hell the almost smooth dude who’d been wearing his face the night before had run off to. Mild sauce, for example. Some people find it pretty bland. However, to someone who hasn’t eaten anything spicy in almost a decade, mild could end up burning the shit out of their mouth like Vesuvius burned Herculaneum, sending them running for the nearest carton of milk in a desperate attempt to save their tongue while it could still relay the sensation of taste.

Sadly, Spencer didn’t drink milk. So, all he could do was panic.

Mildly.

He finished brushing his teeth and getting dressed—utterly ignoring his hair because he’d learned long ago to pick his battles—without giving in to his panic, but the moment he’d done up the last button on his cardigan and his hands no longer had anything occupying their attention, his phone appeared in them like magic, and he began frantically checking through his texts.

Okay. Nothing from Tim. That’s…good?

No texts meant no cancellation, which Spencer would have totally understood considering what he’d done last night after Tim had asked him out; and it didn’t matter if Tim really needed that list of foods Spencer didn’t eat and activities that would make him throw up to stave off potential date disaster. He’d still felt simultaneously like a parent leaving his kid with a babysitter for the first time and the kid who was entrusting his very survival to someone he’d never been in this situation with before. Except, usually, the parent and the kid didn’t both want to make out with the babysitter…

I wouldn’t blame them for wanting to though. Tim is soooo good at kissing.

Spencer let himself daydream about Tim’s lips for around a minute before he grabbed his phone and keys and made his way into the kitchen. Connor was already there, eating a bowl of cereal and following Spencer with his eyes like piercing bullets of judgment and suspicion.

“What?” Spencer snapped as he spun around and crossed his arms.

“Why are you acting so weird?” Connor asked around a half-chewed mouthful.

“I don’t know. I’m not. Eat your corn flakes and shut up.”

“These are Fruit Loops.”

“That’s exactly what I’m talking about!” Spencer screamed, his voice echoing around the tiny kitchen.

“Okay…” Connor gently swallowed his food. “I’m gonna go to school now,” he said slowly, standing up and watching Spencer warily as he backed out of the room. A moment later, Spencer heard the front door close.

Spencer pinched the bridge of his nose.

Stop. Being. Crazy. Having a date with Tim is a good thing. I’ve been lowkey crushing on him for days, which makes this the fastest crush-to-getting-a-date turnaround I’ve ever had. I should be happy, not freaking out.

Which was true. Hell, Tim hadn’t even seemed bothered by the list, which he probably should have been since it was a pretty big hint about how high-maintenance Spencer could be.

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