Rainbow Snippets*-- And Now For Something New

I had two projects in April I was concentrating on, but for the most part, they're done. I spent the first half of this week trying to get my bearings. I knew what projects were next, but it required a total reset-- different characters, different storylines. On the upside, I've found my footing the last few days. Or at least I feel like I'm on the right track!

(Mom and I, back in 1986 and then again in 2015. Time flies!) 

From Cinders and Ash: A bit long, but it was a fun scene to write. Lindsey and Brian clashed when they first met, but they start to see a different side of each other after Lindsey locks herself out of her apartment during a thunderstorm (and remember, it's the first rough draft!):

I should have knocked, but lightning lit up the sky just as I got to Brian's door, and with a strangled scream, I turned the knob and tripped over a rug in my hurry to get in. 

More inventive curses liberated themselves to echo in the otherwise empty room. All of the noise I was making must have filtered through the apartment because when I looked up, Brian was standing there, wearing nothing but a towel and soap bubbles. And, oh my, the front of him was just as nice as the back. But I only had a second to admire him before a scowl closed his previously gaping mouth. 

“What the--?” He stepped closer and looked down where I was still splayed out on his floor. 

“It’s raining,” I said, as if that was explanation enough, which by the tightening of his eyes, wasn’t. I rolled over and sat up. “I’m locked out. Do you have a key?” 

Brian reached down and pulled me to my feet. I half-hoped the towel would fall, and I let my eyes drop to check. “Eyes up here, missy.” Damn, he’d caught that.

*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.