Page 130 of Trigger

We talked about everything but work, sticking to pleasant things.The first friends, the first pets, the first memories. What would we be if weweren’t cops, and it was a cook for him and a hacker for me. Where we would goon a perfect vacation, and it was Italy for both of us. The first two things onour bucket list, which were a safari and learning Polish for me. For him it wasflying a hot-air balloon and riding a camel.

After dinner, I helped him clean up the table and refilled ourglasses with wine. When he returned from the kitchen and extended his hand, Ilooked at him in confusion.

“It’s tradition,” he said with a grin.

When a slow tune playing on the radio reached me, I chuckled andstood up.

“You can be a girl today, yeah?” he said, his eyes twinklingmischievously.

I smiled and put my hand on his shoulder. “Sure.”

For a while we just danced in silence, enjoying the moment. Icould feel his erection bumping into mine as we moved to the slow rhythm of themusic, but neither of us acted on it. We just… danced.

“Where did you learn how to dance?” I asked him, ignoring a pangof jealousy at the thought of him dancing with someone else.

“My best friend from elementary school. He wanted to learn how todance to impress a girl, so we practiced together.”

“Was that when you figured out you were into guys?”

“Oh, no way. It happened much later. A few drunken kisses in highschool, and then a few guys in college. Nothing serious, though. Well, notuntil you.”

I bit my lip so I wouldn’t smile as he grinned, knowing he put meon the spot.

I pointed my chin around the room.

“Candles? That’s your seduction strategy?”

His eyes looked like an ocean sparkling under the moonlit sky.Sparkly blue.

“Dunno. Is it working?”

I shrugged. “It’s too soon to tell. But it looks nice.”

“I’m glad you like it. I wanted to impress you.”

When he made a painful grimace and rearranged himself in hispants, I smiled.

“Problems?”

“Fuck off, Dominic.”

After a few slow songs came an upbeat one when he spun me around afew times, making me laugh.

“I hope no one can see this,” I chuckled, glancing toward theterrace door.

“Me too,” Tye agreed. “You’re embarrassing me.”

“I’d say it’s the other way around since you stepped on my footthree times already,” I countered. “Methinks the pupil bested his teacher.”

He looked down at his crotch pointedly. “Do you think it’s easy todance with this fucking boner?”

I laughed. “Well, I’m doing it, aren’t I?”

“Show-off.”

“By the way, is that pre-cum I’m seeing, Tye?”

“Screw you, Dominic. Lick it and find out.”

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