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“I like it,” I commented “Are there any bare patches on the other side?”
Sa the tree froh once-over while clandestinely studying my lover
He’d been given a clean bill of health from his doctor shortly after we returned froe advice to stay out of the way of three-hundred-pound linebackers That wasn’t in the cards He was scheduled to work his first gaet on the field Thankfully, it was in LA, so there was no traveling involved
I had a standing invitation to watch the game in person, but I’d promised to help my roo for the Script Club and hadn’t attended any Sunday s in a feeeks I had unkept pro to be busy, Sunday was a good day to play catch-up
So…yes, about that I spent all my free time with Sam Or Sam and Lincoln
And even though I didn’t need to, I made every excuse I could think of to justify hbor needed help after his doctor visit or that Linc needed tutoring or one off the rails
I wasn’t sure why I felt co on, George was rarely ho a holiday event for the historic society They were sufficiently distracted by their own lives and didn’t question that I wasn’t around as much
Maybe I needed to justify my actions to myself, so I could throw in a silent reminder that this was all very tehbor-slash-secret-lover forever I knew better than to get hopelessly attached to so but honest about his priorities Lincoln first, work, second There was no room for me
Iterm, but I could be a visitor And if I did say so uest All cheer, no expectations…no problem
Except the part where I was afraid I h he’d just won the Christ Sao He was quick to laugh and wasn’t so easily frustrated by things he didn’t understand…like recipes or random shows on the SYFY channel
He embraced Lincoln’s science obsession and was infinitelyexperiments even when I couldn’t be there to supervise Thehis son see there hat mattered most
And I was happy to be part of their fun What could bea tree in a lot filled with dozens of parents and their exuberant progeny while Nat King Cole encouraged us to “Deck the Halls” in the background? Frankly, I couldn’t wait to get started If our goal was to stay in the moment and take this one day at a tiranted
“I don’t see any naked spots,” Sa me from my reverie “Do you, Linc?”