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I think I hurt him nonetheless

Jimmy doesn’t really express hinant look on his face whenever I just say so But when he’s hurt—truly hurt—he won’t even reply; he’ll just give ht now as his pretty eyes harden and intensify with frustration

He looks so beautiful when he hurts

I sigh, unable (or unwilling) to apologize, and pull ainst the hot-as-lava stone as I grabif Ji

I’lass of lemonade when I hear him follow me inside He stops at the other end of the kitchen island where he leans against it, his lithe, toned, panther-like body on full display, dripping with pool water

“So I’ boy, huh?” he asks, his voice soft and thin

“Oh, here you go,” I return as softly, a glass of lemonade in hand “Bein’ all sensitive because I went and hurt your feelings”

“My feelings aren’t hurt” He eyes s I’m tryin’ to do somethin’ about here”

My eyebrows pull together “What do you mean?”

“I mean I’m tired of seein’ you alone, Bobs”

The glass I just poured gets set down on the counter, not a sip taken from it I stare at Jimmy like I didn’t just hear his words

And he’s gotI want to spend the whole dang suive a shit about all these Sprucers ant to get all up in our business But I’ve seen the way you look at other couples, and I see how you get e coay dudes to hang with other than my brother and his husband You aren’t really close with Trey or Cody C’mon, dude You need to be around ot a car, I wanna be the one to give that to you, and also to bodyguard you or, uh, somethin’”

He really has a way tokind

I say dudes drooling over you, because no h”