I kind of like rewriting various scenes from my published stories in an alternate POV to post here on the blog. If you check out the Bonus Scenes tab at the top of the page, you’ll find links to those, as well as other bonus scenes for some of my stories.
Today’s post is the second part of the opening scene from King Kong vs. The Skinny Pirate. The first part can be found here. The published (FREE) short story is told entirely from Blaine’s POV. Using 1st-person perspective, here’s how George perceived this scene:
Mr. ‘Captain Morgan Rum and Diet Coke’ crossed his arms, and his jaw tightened with a scowl. The man hadn’t earned the money to buy that fancy suit by being stupid—he knew I was laughing at him. He sucked in a deep breath and slowly blew it out, then took a sip of his Skinny Pirate. “What’s your name,” he asked. “Or should I just call you ‘King Kong’?”
I laughed. It was good to know the guy had a sense of humor and could take a joke. “That depends. You wanna be my Ann Darrow?”
“Blaine will do fine, thanks.” Not bad. I’d half expected something like Preston or Bentley, but it still fit him well enough. Kind of like my name fit me.
“George. My name’s George.”
Blaine put out a hand. “Pleased to meet you, George.” It looked like I was maybe gonna to get laid tonight after all. I took his hand in mine. It was warm and dry—always a plus when you’re hopin’ to have those hands on your naked body in the near future. “So what do you do? Mechanic?”
I smiled and looked at the traces of grease embedded in my fingernails. “Never can get it all off, no matter how much I scrub.”
“It’s honest work,” Blaine replied.
I leaned back and considered the guy. Maybe he wasn’t as snobby as I’d supposed. “It is. Hard, sweaty, and grubby.” I grinned and went for broke. “Kinda like good sex.”
Blaine’s eyes widened a bit, but I figured it was a good sign his jaw didn’t drop, so I pushed on.
“How ’bout you, Blaine? I don’t get the impression you work with your hands.” That probably deserved an understatement of the year award.
“I’m an attorney.”
“I was gonna guess either that or some kinda corporate raider.”
Blaine smiled. “Well, I’m the attorney for a corporate raider, so you got a pretty good read on me.”
“There now, you see? We’ve got two things in common. We’re both pretty astute observers.”
“That’s one thing. What’s the other?”
I tipped my head to the side. “We’re both horny gay men.” I grinned again. “And here I’d just complimented your powers of observation.”
Blaine laughed. “You got me there.”
“So the question is, what are we going to do about it?” I figured I’d put the ball in his court since I’d already made my intentions clear enough. I didn’t have to wait more than a couple heartbeats for his reply.
“I believe this is the point where one of us asks, ‘your place or mine’?” Blaine tossed back the rest of his drink and raised his eyebrows.
Hell yes, I was gonna get laid. My smile couldn’t have been any broader. “I cleaned my apartment and everything, too.”
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Yay! Love George even more from his own POV! Great job, can’t wait to read more! <3
Thank you! George is a fun character to write. 🙂