by Eli Easton
Josiah blinked at me with a duh expression. “To give you more authority when you crack that whip. Sure. What about you, quarterback?”
Brian’s eyes lit up. “I want to do something in law enforcement. Not sure what exactly, but a BS in criminal justice will give me tons of options.”
Josiah got a devious expression. “Ooh! If you get handcuffs, I want a demonstration.”
I snorted. “Speaking of…. How’s the dating scene at Northwestern?”
“Spoiled for choice, sir. Spoiled for choice.” Josiah held out a fist, and I bumped it.
We got plates from the buffet. Brian loaded up with barbecue pulled pork, celery sticks, and deviled eggs. He saw me smiling at his plate.
“What? It’s low-carb.”
“Just nice to see you eating.”
“Dude, I’ve been pigging out for months now. You’re going to get sick of hearing me use the blender for my protein shakes every morning in the dorm room.”
“I can live with that. As long as you parade around in your various uniforms as much as possible.”
Brian waggled his eyebrows at me.
He hadn’t played football again. He said he’d lost his taste for the violence of it. But he’d played basketball and baseball for The Wall this past year. I’d hated missing so many of his games. Because clingy white baseball pants.
When everyone left, Brian and I changed into shorts and T-shirts and walked over to the neighborhood park. It was empty except for a mom and little boy playing in the sandpit. We sat on the swings and rocked lazily. Then Brian started swinging for real and, of course, I had to try to get higher than he did.
For a moment we were kids again, laughing and soaring. Innocent and free from worries about money, classes, or politics. But eventually we slowed, captured by the pink light of the setting sun. We tangled our chains together, round and round, and sat side by side, feet on the dirt, hips touching.
“Happy graduation, Brian,” I said. “You’ve become such a strong person. You’re amazing.”
Brian smiled. “I learned from the best.”
He put his arm around my shoulders, and I put my arm around his, and we watched the sunset.
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ELI EASTON has been at various times and under different names a minister’s daughter, a computer programmer, a game designer, the author of paranormal mysteries, a fan fiction writer, an organic farmer, and a dog rescuer. She is now happily embarking on yet another incarnation, this time as an m/m romance and YA author.
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By Eli Easton
Boy Shattered
Superhero
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Boy Shattered
© 2019 Eli Easton
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Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-64405-477-2
Digital ISBN: 978-1-64405-476-5
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019932537
Digital published August 2019
v. 2.0
Second Edition
First Edition published by Pinkerton Road, October 2018.
Printed in the United States of America
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