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Scream out loud
Dare to be
Who you are
When the last note faded, his voice was as rough as Zavier’s had been. “That’s all I have.”
“Oh, Ray.” Those hands drew them tighter together. “That’s glorious.”
“It’s ‘Dare to Be.’”
“I know.”Zavier’s breath ghosted across the back of his neck. “Ray, what do you see when the music’s in your head?”
He found Zavier’s hand on his hip, and twined their fingers. “Colors. Shapes. If I close my eyes, I see the music dancing.”
“And what do you see when you sing ‘Dare to Be’?”
He shivered against Zavier and felt more than heard the soft moan in response. Wasn’t sexual, but so intimate.They could stay like this forever, the two of them. “Red. Deep red, like good wine. And blue, like the sky in summer, dotted among the red. They move and twist and everything turns to crystal and light.”
Zavier kissed his neck. “Thank you.” Such reverence and joy.
Ray closed his eyes and tried to etch this perfection into his mind before it slipped away. Because of course, it would.
That happened when the alarm on Zavier’s phone chirped. A sigh from beneath him. “Time to get up. We need to be washed, packed, dressed, and back on the bus in an hour.”
Ray groaned in frustration. But they both moved and separated as they hurried to get ready.
Still, the warmth in Ray’s soul didn’t abate, and burgundy and bright blue danced in his head.
