Iâve joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. From their description: âRainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fictionâa WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).â Pretty cool, eh? Donât forget to âLikeâ my Facebook page and/or my Facebook profile while youâre over there checking out this fantastic group!
This week Iâm once again snipping from âTil Death Do Us Part.
My âHot Flashâ short story, Okay, Then will be coming out on February 9, and itâs essentially a prequel to âTil Death. Technically, the action in Okay, Then takes place toward the beginning of the timeline of the flashback scenes in âTil Death, detailing Sam & Henryâs first date. So this thread of snippets is from the flashback scenes leading up to the action in Okay, Then.
For a little extra context, Henry and his colleague, Sam, are together on a research trip in Honiara in the Solomon Islands. Henry has a crush on Sam, and the evening before heâd asked Sam back to his rooms for drinks, and Sam had politely declined the drinkâŚand what had been implicitly implied in that invitation.
From Henryâs 3rd-person POV:
(Expand the spoilers for a quick and easy review of earlier snippets in this thread.)
This weekâs snippet:
Sam cleared his throat and bounced his leg. He stared at his plate, occasionally peeking up, as he continued. âI guess I should confess that Iâve had a bit of a crush on you, otherwise I could probably just be an adult about it and not think anything of a little fling with you while weâre here. I just donât think Iâll be able to go about business as usual once we get back to reality and this little affair youâre offering is over.â
Henry blinked. âIs that what you think? That Iâm just interested in a couple rolls in the hay while weâre here, then go back to innocuous conversations about curriculum and lab results as if this summer never happened?â
Info Links â Vows Series
(1) âTil Death Do Us Part | (2) From This Day Forward | (2.5) Okay, Then | (3) To Love and To Cherish
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