Rainbow Snippets*--Oh, Deer

Some weeks drag-- this one did not. I was completely lost every day. It's amazing I made it to work on the right days!

My morning walk companion this week.

This week's snippet is from Fall Out, the third book of the Headphones trilogy. There are flashbacks throughout the series, and this selection is one of Mick's. In his younger days, he was the lead singer in a successful band. Joey played lead guitar and was Mick's best friend. The flashback takes place in 1999 and it's Joey's birthday (part one here):

       At some point a cake appeared. Micky didn’t remember eating any of it, but when he woke, parts of his body were sticky with crumbs and what he suspected was more than icing. He should have felt bad that he couldn’t put a face with the activity, but he hoped it had included one of the women draped across the bed as he chose to ignore the icing spread across Joey’s face. By the shambles of the room, it appeared very little cake had made it onto plates. It was bad enough that his skin felt tight and he wiped crumbs from around his mouth, sweetness flooding across his tongue as he licked his lips. Joey woke and stretched like a cat, unaware of his nakedness and morning wood, or simply uncaring. 
          “Gore, my head!” he’d said, but smiled at the same time. “Cheers, mate. That was genius!”

To be continued...

*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.