Take Me Back

To choose a job and ambition over love is something Gus Atchison might never forgive. When his boyfriend, Seb Paddington, decides to move to New York and leave their relationship behind, Gus is heartbroken. But two months later, Seb shows up and tries to get close again. Gus isn’t having it, though, despite Seb’s persistence, and they end up in a fight on his front porch.<br><br>Once they make peace, of a sort, Seb goes back to New York. However, four months later when he returns, Gus is alarmed at how unhealthy and thin Seb looks, and realizes he still has feelings for the man, in spite of it all. They start up a tentative friendship, and Gus sees another side of Seb he’s never known while helping with his new company. Will Gus take him back? Or will they remain friends forever?

J.D. Walker · LGBT+

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15 Chs

Chapter 10

There was no way I’d say “no” to a fellow human being in trouble. Especially one who’d been near and dear to me for years, though he’d been an absolute shit at the end. “Sure. How about this? I lock up here in three hours. Come over to my house and I’ll cook us dinner.” At his look, I added, “It will be a healthy meal, don’t worry. Though a little extra fat and grease could only help you right about now.”

He rolled his eyes and stood. “You would say that. Thanks for the offer. I accept. I’ll be there…six-thirty okay?”

I nodded, then he left. I set aside my worries about employment and worked on ideas for a nourishing meal that Seb would enjoy and put meat on his bones.

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I ended up making meatloaf, brown rice, green peas, and spinach, with homemade blueberry pie for dessert. Hopefully Seb would like it, fussy as he was. If he didn’t, I’d stuff it down his throat, then he wouldn’t be able to complain.

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