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on?” Nate smirked as Darren pretended to be a sommelier as he poured the wine.
Darren gasped dramatically as he sat down, which made Nate chuckle. “You don’t remember?” Darren asked.
“No…? Did I miss something?” Nate frowned. He was usually good with dates.
Darren let out a long sigh. “Two months.”
Nate almost yelped when he heard Darren say ‘two months’. “Oh my god, I totally forgot about it. I’m so sorry—”
“Hey! Baby.” Darren reached across the table to hold Nate’s hand, calming Nate down. “It’s okay.”
Pulling Nate’s hand close, Darren pecked a kiss on the back of his hand before letting go. “You were busy. We both were. It’s okay, really. We cool?”
Nate nodded.
“Good. Now, eat, before the food gets cold.” Darren grinned. “Probably not as good as what you make, but I’ve been told I make a mean steak.”
* * *
The ruckus coming from one of the cubicles told Darren exactly where he would find his lover. There was a thick crowd gathered around the cubicle, looking on with an array of expressions. Darren didn’t have any problems navigating through the crowd though; as soon as his employees saw him, they simply cleared a path for him to the source of the spectacle.
“What’s going on here?” Darren asked. He frowned when he saw Nate’s bloody nose and disheveled appearance as he sat on the floor. Darren reached out a hand to pull him to standing. “You all right?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.” Nate pulled away and carefully created some distance between them once he found his footing.
A man was kicking and screaming, struggling as two security guards held the man back. “Don’t you dare do this to me, you whore!”
Darren could see Nate flinch as the man called out more insults.
“I know all about you, you fag whore!” the man continued, despite the security guard’s attempt at convincing him to shut up.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Nate said, emotionless. Darren could tell that Nate was trying to keep his voice calm, but Darren could hear the uncontrollable shaking as Nate spoke.
“Get him out of here!” Darren ordered, and watched the two guards drag the man to the elevator. He made sure they were gone before he turned to the crowd around him. “What happened here? Someone better have a good explanation for this!”
“Uh…” A guy from the cubicle on the opposite side of the wall spoke up. “Well, Mr. de Luca came to ask Randall a question. I didn’t hear what it was, but all of a sudden Randall started yelling, throwing punches. Sally called security as soon as that happened.”
“Sally?”
“That’s me.” A middle-aged woman standing next to Nate gave Darren a small wave as she pulled a tissue from her desk and gave it to Nate. “I was just getting back from the break room when I heard Randall Bartlett start yelling. Nasty language. And then he punched poor Nate here, so I called security.”
“Thank you, Sally.” Darren gave the woman a polite smile. “You two, I want an incident report on my desk before the end of the day. As for the rest of you, don’t you guys have better things to do?”
The crowd dispersed as soon as Darren made it clear that they should not stick around.
“Nate, you’re with me,” Darren said as he began making his way back to his office.
As soon as they were back in Darren’s office, he shut the door and pulled Nate into his arms. He buried his face into Nate’s neck, breathing deeply to take in the man’s soothing scent to calm himself.
“Are you all right?” Darren asked softly after letting Nate go. He brought his hand up and gently caressed the side of Nate’s face with his fingers. Nate flinched when Darren’s hand neared.
Darren was furious. He was angry with that Bartlett guy for hurting Nate, but he was more angry with himself for allowing this to happen.
“Yeah, I’ll be fine.” Nate said, pulling away from Darren to sit on the couch after
Darren gasped dramatically as he sat down, which made Nate chuckle. “You don’t remember?” Darren asked.
“No…? Did I miss something?” Nate frowned. He was usually good with dates.
Darren let out a long sigh. “Two months.”
Nate almost yelped when he heard Darren say ‘two months’. “Oh my god, I totally forgot about it. I’m so sorry—”
“Hey! Baby.” Darren reached across the table to hold Nate’s hand, calming Nate down. “It’s okay.”
Pulling Nate’s hand close, Darren pecked a kiss on the back of his hand before letting go. “You were busy. We both were. It’s okay, really. We cool?”
Nate nodded.
“Good. Now, eat, before the food gets cold.” Darren grinned. “Probably not as good as what you make, but I’ve been told I make a mean steak.”
* * *
The ruckus coming from one of the cubicles told Darren exactly where he would find his lover. There was a thick crowd gathered around the cubicle, looking on with an array of expressions. Darren didn’t have any problems navigating through the crowd though; as soon as his employees saw him, they simply cleared a path for him to the source of the spectacle.
“What’s going on here?” Darren asked. He frowned when he saw Nate’s bloody nose and disheveled appearance as he sat on the floor. Darren reached out a hand to pull him to standing. “You all right?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.” Nate pulled away and carefully created some distance between them once he found his footing.
A man was kicking and screaming, struggling as two security guards held the man back. “Don’t you dare do this to me, you whore!”
Darren could see Nate flinch as the man called out more insults.
“I know all about you, you fag whore!” the man continued, despite the security guard’s attempt at convincing him to shut up.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Nate said, emotionless. Darren could tell that Nate was trying to keep his voice calm, but Darren could hear the uncontrollable shaking as Nate spoke.
“Get him out of here!” Darren ordered, and watched the two guards drag the man to the elevator. He made sure they were gone before he turned to the crowd around him. “What happened here? Someone better have a good explanation for this!”
“Uh…” A guy from the cubicle on the opposite side of the wall spoke up. “Well, Mr. de Luca came to ask Randall a question. I didn’t hear what it was, but all of a sudden Randall started yelling, throwing punches. Sally called security as soon as that happened.”
“Sally?”
“That’s me.” A middle-aged woman standing next to Nate gave Darren a small wave as she pulled a tissue from her desk and gave it to Nate. “I was just getting back from the break room when I heard Randall Bartlett start yelling. Nasty language. And then he punched poor Nate here, so I called security.”
“Thank you, Sally.” Darren gave the woman a polite smile. “You two, I want an incident report on my desk before the end of the day. As for the rest of you, don’t you guys have better things to do?”
The crowd dispersed as soon as Darren made it clear that they should not stick around.
“Nate, you’re with me,” Darren said as he began making his way back to his office.
As soon as they were back in Darren’s office, he shut the door and pulled Nate into his arms. He buried his face into Nate’s neck, breathing deeply to take in the man’s soothing scent to calm himself.
“Are you all right?” Darren asked softly after letting Nate go. He brought his hand up and gently caressed the side of Nate’s face with his fingers. Nate flinched when Darren’s hand neared.
Darren was furious. He was angry with that Bartlett guy for hurting Nate, but he was more angry with himself for allowing this to happen.
“Yeah, I’ll be fine.” Nate said, pulling away from Darren to sit on the couch after
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