Rainbow Snippets*-- Man in Black

It's been a rough week, or maybe I'm just getting too old to put up with it. Thank goodness for these weekends when I don't have to leave the house. (That just proves how old I've gotten!)

Peppercorn with his mama, Howie. She's making a visit to the vet this week. For starting out as a feral, she'd become very sweet and affectionate. 

This week I'm concluding the mini-story that started with a dream that Scoey had, and a passing comment to Jay about wearing black. Jay's gone to pick up Scoey at the airport, and he's planned a surprise: 

Scoey walked down the small airport corridor with his head down after retrieving his bags from baggage claim, rereading Jay’s last text, trying to puzzle it out. /Not quite Johnny Cash/ What did that even mean?

“Oh, shit,” he finally managed when he stepped outside to find Jay waiting. Scoey’s inner voice insisted he must be dreaming again. Jay smiled at him; wickedly, crookedly. His hair was teased up and his eyeliner was thicker than usual, making the whites of his eyes brighter. A black silk shirt dipped down over tight black jeans, loosely circled with a metal chain-belt that looked like it had been a dog leash at one time. Inky platform boots completed the ensemble. Jay was getting sideways glanced from Scoey’s traveling companions.

            “Goth enough?” Jay asked and laughed at the way Scoey’s jaw dropped. The incredulous look was enough to make Jay’s stomach flip in pleasure.

*Rainbow Snippets is a (Facebook) group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to 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.