Rainbow Snippets*-- Rain Without the Rainbow

It's raining. A lot. We have flash-flood warnings and our yard is under water. It's been unseasonable warm, which is probably a blessing--I'd hate for this to all be snow! So, in keeping, I've picked a snippet that involves rain.

(The road in front of our house. I'm going to need a canoe.)

Headphones is the story of a group of friends, and one of the couples is Bets and Richard. They've had a "friends with benefits" relationship for nearly five years, but it's gradually beginning to change. Taken from the second book in the series, Sunshine Smile, they've taken their first vacation together and got trapped by heavy rain:

The trip had been nice; a sunny room overlooking a beach with hours spent walking in the sand with the foamy surf rolling over their bare feet. Sometimes they talked and sometimes they were comfortably silent; two people getting to know each other in a way they never had before. But, in a way, Bets treasured most the two nights they spent in the tiny cramped motel as they waited for the rain to pass. With nothing else to do but read or watch television, they snuggled together, exploring and discovering the things they didn’t already know about each other. They spent hours doing nothing more than kissing, accompanied by unhurried caresses, moaning and muttering endearments in the watery afternoon light that managed to seep around the thick motel curtains. That tacky room with its loud print wallpaper and stiff bleached bedding became her favorite place in the world.

*Rainbow Snippets is a (Facebook) group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers who gather once a week to share snippets from a work of fiction–-a WIP or a finished work or even a book recommendation. If you're interested in following a diverse group of authors, check it out here.