Rainbow Snippets*-- Beyond Bleak

Bleak has been the word of the week. It's been cold and grey with rain, sleet, and snow flurries. It can end now! I feel like I'm in a holding pattern, waiting for nicer weather.

This week's snippet is part 2, again from Headphones: Sunshine Smile. In part 1, Jay catches Scoey watching him as he eats a banana, and so naturally he makes a production of it and it's too much for Scoey: 

          With a wicked grin, Jay pulled his lips back and made a show of biting into the fruit. He winked and swallowed before sending Scoey an air-kiss. 

Scoey was transfixed by the movement of Jay’s lips and jaw. Flashbacks of kissing Jay trapped his mind and his skin itched as he broke out in a sudden sweat. The taste of him, as if it had happened only moments before, was still fresh in his memory. His throat tightened and his stomach fluttered. It was too much and he fought his paralysis, willing his arms and legs to move. A stool skidded, almost tipping, when he knocked against it in his haste to get out of the room. 

Everyone grew quiet as they watched, puzzled by his erratic behavior. They’d all been so focused on what Mick was saying that none saw the subtle exchange happening between Scoey and Jay, but Richard heard the keyboardist’s quiet chortle. He didn’t know what was going on between the two, but he feared an uncomfortable talk with the boy might become necessary if he kept it up.

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