Page 90 of Refraction

“Yeah.” He didn’t have much to spend his money on, so he bought toys.

“Hmm.”

Tucker shook his head as Calvin started pushing buttons. The TV turned on, off and back on again, and different screens flashed by, none of which were what they were looking for.

“Maybe you sh—” The volume got so loud he couldn’t hear whatever Calvin said after that.

He started laughing, turning down the volume before finding the listing of movies,Practical Magicright on top.

“Show-off.” Calvin plucked the remote from his fingers and stretched out facedown on the bed to watch.

“Practiced.” Tucker settled with his cheek on Calvin’s ass.

“Okay, I think I got this.” The movie started playing, so apparently Calvin was right. “Woo!”

“There you go.” He was doing this. He was lying with his lover, naked, in his house, watching a movie. This was real.

“I love the look on her face in this first scene. Like, okay, I could save myself but they already hate me so then what? Or, I could just die. And then, nah, I’m totally saving myself.”

Oh. Wow. He wasn’t used to having someone to talk about the movie with. He rubbed Calvin’s back and grinned. This was going to be fun.

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