boy to match his suits.”
Robbie’s chest tightened. Liam stood in front of him, back straight, his form beginning to fill out from eating properly, his muscles defining, and his gorgeous gray eyes focused intently on Robbie.
“You really think you’re only good for one thing? You think he just wants you for sex?”
Liam looked aghast. “I didn’t mean sex, I meant horses. I’m good with horses.”
Robbie snorted a laugh. Sometimes Liam was so much an adult, at other times his short twenty years showed plainer than the nose on his face.
“Then talk to him about horses. He sees the passion I see and Jack sees, and he’ll love it.”
“Don’t have much to say, really,” Liam said with a shrug. “Guess we’ll eat, then come home.”
Robbie thought for a second. “How’s Hatty?”
“Restless. I checked her over again, but she’s just irritable. This is going to sound real stupid…” He looked uncertain and bit at the inside of his cheek. Then he pulled back his shoulders and spoke confidently. “I’m thinking she misses Max. She loves it when he visits and he’s so bright when he’s riding her.”
“I think so as well. It’s a complicated relationship between a horse and rider. One day I’d like to work on that more.”
“Horses could be used with kids who have special needs,” Liam said with a hint of excitement in his tone. “There was this one kid when I was at school, she was in a wheelchair but when she was in the water it was her place, y’know, and they got her in with the dolphins and she was lighter after.” He stopped talking as if he couldn’t believe so many words had spilled out of his mouth.
Robbie nodded his agreement. “See? You understand that. You’re better than you think, you have dreams and aspirations. ”
“We’ll see.”
Robbie made to walk away, but at the last moment he paused. “You got something to wear tonight?”
Liam glanced down at himself, and Robbie couldn’t help but feel sad at the crestfallen look on his face. Liam had come here with only one pair of jeans and a T. He’d borrowed some of Eli’s old stuff and was even wearing one of Robbie’s old jackets.
“Fuck no,” he said heatedly. “I need new jeans.”
“You got money?”
“Not spent any of what I’ve been paid here.”
Robbie checked his watch. “No time now. Look, I’ll call Eli, get him to find you some on the way home. He’s at a shoot in the city, but he can go somewhere. You stop with the horses at five. Get yourself up to the apartment for a shower.”
Liam grimaced. “Hell, I’m not making a fuss for Marcus. Damn man is a pain in my ass.”
“Whatever you think of him, you want to smell of shit at this simple place he’s taking you?”
Liam opened his mouth, then shut it again with horror in his eyes. “You heard that part too?”
“Couldn’t help it. Soon as I heard him talking about the size of his dick I was hooked.”
For a second the horror remained, but then Liam laughed loudly. “I wanna be the one to tell him you heard it all.”
“Already told him.”
“What did he say?”
“Nothing much, think he was kinda mortified.” Robbie grinned. “See you upstairs at five, no later.”
Robbie left a smiling Liam and took the stairs up to his and Eli’s apartment two at a time. He stumbled in over two cardboard boxes, and even though he nearly face planted he smiled. He and Eli were moving out in a couple of days. Their house, their home, was finished, and Eli had pulled in favors to get it furnished with at least a bed, a fridge, and sofas. Liam was getting this place and added to the whole Marcus thing, maybe it was time for Liam to do some more of that smiling that made his eyes shine.
Eli answered on the first ring. “Hey,” he said, long and drawn out and a hundred times sexy.
“Hey, you. When you coming home?”
Eli lowered his voice. “Why? You want some of me?”
“Always, but first I need a favor. A big
Robbie’s chest tightened. Liam stood in front of him, back straight, his form beginning to fill out from eating properly, his muscles defining, and his gorgeous gray eyes focused intently on Robbie.
“You really think you’re only good for one thing? You think he just wants you for sex?”
Liam looked aghast. “I didn’t mean sex, I meant horses. I’m good with horses.”
Robbie snorted a laugh. Sometimes Liam was so much an adult, at other times his short twenty years showed plainer than the nose on his face.
“Then talk to him about horses. He sees the passion I see and Jack sees, and he’ll love it.”
“Don’t have much to say, really,” Liam said with a shrug. “Guess we’ll eat, then come home.”
Robbie thought for a second. “How’s Hatty?”
“Restless. I checked her over again, but she’s just irritable. This is going to sound real stupid…” He looked uncertain and bit at the inside of his cheek. Then he pulled back his shoulders and spoke confidently. “I’m thinking she misses Max. She loves it when he visits and he’s so bright when he’s riding her.”
“I think so as well. It’s a complicated relationship between a horse and rider. One day I’d like to work on that more.”
“Horses could be used with kids who have special needs,” Liam said with a hint of excitement in his tone. “There was this one kid when I was at school, she was in a wheelchair but when she was in the water it was her place, y’know, and they got her in with the dolphins and she was lighter after.” He stopped talking as if he couldn’t believe so many words had spilled out of his mouth.
Robbie nodded his agreement. “See? You understand that. You’re better than you think, you have dreams and aspirations. ”
“We’ll see.”
Robbie made to walk away, but at the last moment he paused. “You got something to wear tonight?”
Liam glanced down at himself, and Robbie couldn’t help but feel sad at the crestfallen look on his face. Liam had come here with only one pair of jeans and a T. He’d borrowed some of Eli’s old stuff and was even wearing one of Robbie’s old jackets.
“Fuck no,” he said heatedly. “I need new jeans.”
“You got money?”
“Not spent any of what I’ve been paid here.”
Robbie checked his watch. “No time now. Look, I’ll call Eli, get him to find you some on the way home. He’s at a shoot in the city, but he can go somewhere. You stop with the horses at five. Get yourself up to the apartment for a shower.”
Liam grimaced. “Hell, I’m not making a fuss for Marcus. Damn man is a pain in my ass.”
“Whatever you think of him, you want to smell of shit at this simple place he’s taking you?”
Liam opened his mouth, then shut it again with horror in his eyes. “You heard that part too?”
“Couldn’t help it. Soon as I heard him talking about the size of his dick I was hooked.”
For a second the horror remained, but then Liam laughed loudly. “I wanna be the one to tell him you heard it all.”
“Already told him.”
“What did he say?”
“Nothing much, think he was kinda mortified.” Robbie grinned. “See you upstairs at five, no later.”
Robbie left a smiling Liam and took the stairs up to his and Eli’s apartment two at a time. He stumbled in over two cardboard boxes, and even though he nearly face planted he smiled. He and Eli were moving out in a couple of days. Their house, their home, was finished, and Eli had pulled in favors to get it furnished with at least a bed, a fridge, and sofas. Liam was getting this place and added to the whole Marcus thing, maybe it was time for Liam to do some more of that smiling that made his eyes shine.
Eli answered on the first ring. “Hey,” he said, long and drawn out and a hundred times sexy.
“Hey, you. When you coming home?”
Eli lowered his voice. “Why? You want some of me?”
“Always, but first I need a favor. A big
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