It`s time for Tuesday Tales.
Today we have an excerpt from my current WIP, Playing the Man, an MM hockey romance.
Please do bear in mind that these snippets are unedited so please be kind if you find any mistakes.
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!
Keyshaun Williams smiled brightly at me when our eyes met. If not for the fact that I was gripping my walker so tightly I would have teetered over. Rudy, always ready to engage anyone when I floundered, slid in front of me to offer his hand to Key.
“Mr. Williams! What a joy it is to see you again,” Rudy said as they shook hands.
Key’s dark brown eyes moved over me. I felt a flush of warmth rush through me. Damn it, I should have put more effort into my appearance.
“No one was more shocked than me to get a call from Henri asking if I were available to do some socializing tonight as his guest,” Key released Rudy’s hand then held his out to me. Leaning on my left arm I grabbed his hand with my right. Tingles raced through my arm right down to my balls. His long fingers gently tightened around mine as our gazes locked. I wanted to say something witty or classy. Something refined like Henri would toss out, or funny like Greck would come up with. My brain was nonfunctioning it seemed. Made sense since most of my blood was pooling in my groin.
“You look nice,” I coughed out then moaned internally. It was the truth. The man looked amazing. Long legs in fitted dark jeans, a soft yellow shirt that made his dark skin glow, and a blazer sans tie. Even his shoes were stylish black Rockport slip-ons. “I mean your shoes are nice.”
Oh my God. How many attempts would it take to throw yourself through the safety glass overlooking the ice? Can we use the walker to shatter it? Holy hell Tanner.
Rudy made a noise like he had swallowed a live goldfish. “Tanner enjoys nice shoes,” he scrambled to say, pulling me off the ledge but just.
“I do too. You want to sit next to me?” Key asked. Henri and Rudy hung on our every word, both men displaying far too much interest in our interaction.
“We’d love to,” Rudy leapt in, nudging me toward a stool then reaching for my walker. “I was just saying that he needed to rest that knee a bit. And here you are, being so gallant. Such a gentleman. Sit Tanner.”
I sat. What else could I do?
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Love the internal thoughts, Great scene.
Enjoyable scene! Love the goldfish bit.
hahaha. The goldfish part cracked me up.
Love how you express his discomfort being in the presence of someone he’s so attracted to. Well done!
I love how Rudi and Henri are trying to set them up. I can feel just how embarrassed he is by what he said and the interference from the other couple. Great job!