It`s time for Tuesday
Tales.
Welcome back! “Purple” is our word this week. Today
I’m sharing a snippet from First Season,
the second Harrisburg Railers book. I’m coauthoring this M/M hockey romance
series with Rj Scott and am thrilled to be able to share excerpts with the
Tuesday Tales readers!
In today’s post, we get
to see some interaction between the two leading men, Adler Lockhart, a Railers
player, and Layton Foxx, a social media expert working with the Railers. We
also get some interplay with Adler and his best friend/PA Apollo.
This story may have gay
erotic scenes, strong social issues addressed and mature language. If those
things offend now is the time to move onto another Tuesday Tales blog. Thanks
for stopping by!
He rolled his eyes. “Far too much information.
But, I did pack about twenty clean handkerchiefs for your trip.” He closed the
case, latched it, and turned to look at me. “Ad, do me a favor, okay? Try to
keep a rein on yourself.”
“I know, you already told me not to buy anyone
any more presents.” I shuffled the shrimp from one hand to the other.
“Yeah, there’s that, but I see how much you
love this man.”
“I never said that. Never. Not once. Did I?” I
didn’t recall saying the L word in any way that linked with Layton.
“You didn’t have to. It’s written all over your
face. Mr. Foxx is nice and very good-looking but deeply troubled. Don’t let
your desire to be loved override what he can give you, okay?”
“Yeah, sure, okay. I’ll go slow. I promise.”
“You don’t mean a word of that, I know.” He
sighed, padded over to me, and gave me a chaste kiss on the lips. I wiggled the
prawn platter out of the way. “I’m leaving now. I want to get home, sleep, and
be able to do Christmas eve mass with my parents.”
“Cool. Tell them I wish them the best holiday
ever. Seems funny not to be going with you this year.”
“It’s nice that you have someone else in your
life now. Just don’t suffocate the man, okay?” He patted my cheek, snuck a
shrimp from under the plastic wrap, and walked off making yummy sounds. I heard
the doorbell ring. My body reacted instantly knowing it was Layton. I jogged to
the door. It had been days since I’d last seen him. He looked so good. Relaxed,
calm, smiling, casually dressed in a loose purple
sweater and jeans.
“Missed you,” I said as his gaze moved over me
then settled on the shrimp platter. “Treats for later. Come in. Can I kiss
you?”
“Sure,” he said as he slipped in around me. I
leaned in, stole a tiny smooch, and then jumped back out of the way when Apollo
came charging at us with travel bags bouncing off his back.
“Hello, Mr. Foxx,” he smiled at Layton then
wagged a finger at me as he hurried past. “You, remember what I said. Have fun.
Merry Christmas, Ad, Mr. Foxx.”
“Same to you,” Layton said before I closed on
the door on my best friend. “He doesn’t like me.”
“He does, he’s just worried about me falling
for you too quickly. He seems to think I can’t control myself for some reason.”
“Your lack of a filter might have something to
do with how he thinks,” Layton said then lifted the shrimp platter from my
hand. “Why don’t we put these in the fridge. Warm seafood makes me nervous.”
Copyright 2017
©by V.L. Locey & Rj Scott
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8 comments:
Good scene. Nice dialogue between the friends. Warm seafood makes me nervous, too.
Ok, first I thought I had fallen for Layton but no. It's Apollo. He is totally awesome! Great job!
great snippet. I like the banter. Now I want some shrimp. LOL
I can see why Ad's best friend is worried about him falling too hard and fast for Layton. The closing scene made me want to slap Layton. He seemed more worried about the food than socializing with Ad.
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You know he's not going to go slow. Once you have that desire, it's so hard to tame it.
Great excerpt!
Another great snippet from another awesome story!
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