A Chance of Showers - Part Eight
"Good night, meathead," Kip returned, putting his hand on top of Jake's and holding it in place as he scooted an inch closer to his friend. For a reason he couldn't quite explain, Jake let him keep hold of his hand. He'd never let another man hold his...
A Chance of Showers - Part Four
Kip finished dressing as quickly as he was able, and by the time he zipped his gym bag closed and turned around, Jake was straddling the other bench, waiting patiently for him. "Thank you." Kip said, hoping with all his heart that his eyes could...
A Chance of Showers - Part Nine
Part Nine Some hope had returned to Jake's eyes. "So you're not going to kick me to the curb?" "Well, not right now," Kip said, feigning disinterest, "but I might later." Jake's relieved smile was bright enough to shame the sun....
Winter Help – Chapter Eight
"I've already told you that I don't need a woman around here to be happy." He said finally, "I've got everything I need right now. But what I'm feeling..." he trailed off, knowing what he felt, but unable to put it into words. "When you came over that...
A Chance of Showers - Part Three
"Why don't you guys go take your showers now," Jake suggested to Ralph, Quinn and Dunny, "I think we've got things covered here for now, and we'll need someone to watch Kip while we get cleaned up." "Shouldn't we call an ambulance?" Quinn asked, Jake...
A Chance of Showers - Part Seven
"I don't get it," Kip said, feeling an all to unfamiliar warmth spreading through him, "Why the hell do they care?" "Because they're good men," Jake repeated, "and like it or not, they're your friends now. At least," he amended, "it's a start....
Winter Help - Chapter Two
After Gertie was relieved and shoved out the door to munch on hay with the other ladies, we checked their water, fed the yard dogs and finally headed back to the house, breath billowing out of us like steam from competing locomotives. It had begun to...
Winter Help – Chapter Five
Author's Note: I just got my eyes Lasix-ed the other day (using "Laser Beams", LOL!) and my vision isn't quite up to snuff yet. If you would please, note any misspellings or formatting errors in the comments section, below. I'm going...
A Chance of Showers - Part Five
Part Five Kip reached up and put a hand on Jake's cannonball of a shoulder. He almost expected Jake to pull away, but he stopped in his tracks and looked at him, annoyance and a little bit of insult very visible in his expressive brown eyes. "I'm...
A Chance of Showers - Part Six
Jake laughed out loud and threw the used tissue at Kip, narrowly missing him. "Jerk." "Asshole." Kip shot back. Tension broken, the two friends finished their food and decided that Jake's apartment would be the logical place to spend the night. He...
Winter Help – Chapter Six
That night for the first time, Bubba came to sleep in my bed with no better reason than because we both wanted it that way. It just felt like the right thing to do, like we were boys again, sleeping in the same bed because there was nowhere else for us...
Worlds Apart - Chapter Two
"So tell me again why we can't stop and get something to eat?" Dan asked, puzzled by Bo's lack of interest in food. Under normal circumstances the man never stopped shoveling food into his face; for him to lose interest in eating was worrying. Bo...