Touch and Go by Aiden Bates

Touch and Go by Aiden Bates

Author:Aiden Bates [Bates, Aiden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Gay / Lesbian / LGBT
ISBN: 9798672429410
Google: rJS-zQEACAAJ
Amazon: B08DFD4L9G
Goodreads: 54630645
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2020-07-19T22:00:00+00:00


15

Derek

Seb settled into my apartment over the next week, and my routine returned to normal. And having a gorgeous young man around did great things for my mood. I whistled now. I wasn’t really a whistler before, but now, happy tunes blew through my lips when I cooked, when I worked, during the drive home. And I looked forward to seeing his tousled hair in the mornings, his fingers around his favorite mug, and the way his face scrunched up as he grew accustomed to drinking coffee with breakfast. There was nothing particularly hot about those little things, but even his most domestic moments seemed incredibly sexy. It was a struggle to keep from telling him as much, and even more difficult to keep from acting on my urges.

But my nosy brothers did a good job of killing the mood and keeping things PG. Every day, a new brother barged in during dinner or watching a movie—or Seb’s absurd favorites, infomercials. My brothers acted innocent, but it was clear to me they were playing games, and the excuses were always the same—help, or a search for updates on Seb’s situation. By the next Saturday, I was so fed up, I called a roundtable discussion to get everything out in the open.

“So, this is the roundtable, huh?” Seb poked my coffee table with a toe from his place on an ottoman, and Richie laughed beside me and elbowed my side.

“I like this guy!”

Seb struggled to stop at Richie, our resident firefighter, but a glance at Matt quickly made his face fall to mimic the twin’s stoic expression. Eli handed out tiny plates of cheese and cracker snacks then took his place in an oversized armchair and kicked his legs over the arm, while Uno lay down beside him, within Seb’s reach. She pushed her snout into Seb’s hand, and he smoothed her ears back affectionately while I clapped loudly for attention, and the gentle chatter died down.

“Thanks for coming, everyone.”

“Of course,” Braxton said through a mouthful of crackers, dropping crumbs down the front of his paint-splattered smock.

“No news from your brother?” Sean stared down Seb. Aside from the little games my brothers were playing, some of them had trust issues with Seb. Matt and Sean, to be specific.

“No.” Seb shot him a frown. “I was hoping you’d have news on Ben.”

“Nothing yet.” Sean’s tone was brusque. Hard. But he’d spent a lot of time in the desert and he’d seen things that made his voice that way.

Hunter sat so close to me I could hear every pop when he cracked his knuckles. “I’ve got some contacts at the headquarters looking into the details about your missing brother.”

We all stared at him, and I waited for more information, but he was busy slicking his blond hair back behind his ears to notice. When he looked up, he almost jumped from all the eyes on him. “What?”

“Says the FBI agent…” Matt mumbled, and Seb snickered.

I rolled my hand at Hunter, and he finally got the message.



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