Page 85 of The Step Don't

That gets us all laughing.

“It can’t be a stepbrother double date,” Atlas says. “Brenner and Taylor are coming. And you, Payton, and Lance.”

“Sorry,” Marty says. “Just adjusting to the new normal.”

“Don’t be jealous because you don’t have a stepbro you can smooch on,” Brenner says.

“Well, who the hell needs stepbros when you have frat bros? Am I right?”

Lance chuckles. “Marty, did you just insinuate you want to smooch on other frats?”

“Yeah, it’s called a joke.”

“I’m sorry. I’ve been here for two years, and I didn’t realize you did those.”

“Shut the hell up,” Marty says with a grin.

“I mean, there’s gotta be plenty of that going on in here, right?” Brenner says, sliding onto the stool besideme. “I’m not really a frat type, but all these guys under the same roof… Shit has to be happening behind the scenes.”

“There’s some of that,” Troy says.

“Not as much as you’d think…or hope,” I add.

“That’s not what I heard,” Brenner says. “I hooked up with this guy Dax last month. He’s brothers with someone at Sigma Alpha.”

Dax? Brenner heard something from him?

Colin and I exchange a look.

“We met Dax at TaskFrat,” Colin says, turning his attention to Brenner.

“What did he tell you?” Lance asks.

“That there are some hot guys at Alpha Theta Mu who can get real wild.”

“Did he?” Colin asks.

“That’s all he’d say, so I figure he must’ve had a three-way or some shit like that while in town.”

“Or some shit like that,” I mutter, sneaking another glance at Colin, who’s smirking.

“He didn’t get into specifics,” Brenner adds, “but definitely played on my fratty fantasies.”

It’s nice hearing that Dax didn’t run around blabbing about what we shared. Kind of like we could tell he was the right guy to share that side of ourselves with.

“I felt like everyone was straight when we were freshmen,” Marty says, “and now everyone’s falling out of the closet. We should have a board up on the fridge and just tick off as we steadily lose more and more straights. I feel like Lance, Payton, and I will be the last of the straights by the time we’re seniors.”

“If I find out it’s you and me on the same side,” Lance says, “I’ll start sucking dick not to be.”

“Guess it’ll just be Payton and me, then. Right, Payt?”

“Sounds like Lance will need a dick to suck,” Payton says, “and I’m always here for my bros.”

As everyone gets to laughing, Marty rolls his eyes. “You all love me and you know it.”

“Don’t worry,” Lance tells Brenner. “There’s plenty of guys messing around under this roof.”

“That’s what I want to hear,” Brenner says. “That guys are just running around, sucking each other off left and right.”

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