Why We Fight by TJ Klune

Author:TJ Klune [Klune, TJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-018-7
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-05-13T16:00:00+00:00

IT WASN’T unlike a beauty pageant. There was some kind of complicated scoring system that Charlie tried to explain to us, but I could barely focus on his words, much less understand the intricacies of deciding a new Mr. Leatherman.

There were six men in the running, and I was pleasantly surprised when the title went to a black man who was bigger than Darren. Even better was how he had to wipe the tears from his eyes while still being stern and growly. People applauded loudly along with the other men on the stage. I thought Jeremy was going to hand over his sash, but Charlie said he got to keep it. One had been made especially for the new Mr. Leatherman, and he bowed his head to allow Jeremy to slide it over and onto his shoulder. Jeremy and Helena took a step back to give him the stage.

And just like that, it was over.

The crowd rushed forward, and they were surrounded almost immediately, people congratulating the new winner and shaking Jeremy’s hand.

Darren stood. “I should go see if Helena needs to be rescued.”

“Or to make sure a big bear doesn’t sling her over his shoulder and run away with her,” Paul said.

If Darren moved a little quicker after that, well, that was his business.

(And ours, because we needed to give him so much crap.)

I stood when Charlie motioned he wanted to get out so he could congratulate the winner. I stood and let him out. He kissed the side of my head and muttered that he’d be back later before he walked toward the stage. As before, the crowd parted for him as he barely acknowledged them.

“Did we know that Charlie was so hard-core?” I asked Paul and Vince as I sat back down in the booth. Vince pulled me over to him and slung an arm over my shoulder and the other over Paul’s.

“To us?” Paul asked. “Sure. To everyone else? I don’t think so. I don’t know why I didn’t see it before.”

“He’s never invited us to come here,” Vince said.

“But we never offered either,” I pointed out. “Not really. Helena performed that one time, but why haven’t we ever come here with him?”

Paul frowned. “It’s shitty of us, right?”

I sighed. “Yeah. I mean, most people at Jack It know who he is, but it’s not like this. I think he knows we have a lot going on, but….”

“But that shouldn’t be an excuse,” Vince said slowly. “None of this is forever. We need to make the most of all of it and each of us while we still can.” He grinned. “I read that in a fortune cookie.”

“Of course you did,” Paul muttered. “But I get what you’re saying. We should—”

A man appeared at the table. He, like many of the men in the bar, looked intimidating as all fuck. His beard went down to his chest and was shot with gray. “Sorry to interrupt,” he said. “I wanted to see if I could buy you a drink.

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