Cassie Q's story, Geeks, was Monday's Signature Feature. Did you grab your copy of the signature banner so you can share your love for Cassie's story? If not, you can do that here! Today we're featuring her chosen excerpt.

Cassie says... I like the excerpt because really shows what kind of person Mikeal is like, how he has to think about things for a long time and how something as simple as a kiss can throw him for a loop. It shows how attracted he is to the other boy, even though he's afraid to admit it. One of the things about the story that I like so much is how much Mikeal starts to come out of his shell and becomes more confident when he and the green haired boy (his name is Adam) start to date and fall in love.

 

Mikeal took a sip of coffee, the hot liquid warming him through as he swallowed it. He sighed. He had known for a while that he wasn't really attracted to girls...he had dated them occasionally through high school and while he didn't mind them, he didn't really get that excited about kissing them or touching them...not the way he felt last night when the approached the green haired man. He remembered the intoxication of the stranger's body, how it drew Mikeal's eyes to the dips and curves of muscle. He remembered the warm tangles in his stomach when the other man touched him, felt the corset around his waist and touched his head and neck during their brief kiss.

 

That kiss! Mikeal blushed. That was what he had been up half the night thinking about. It wasn't the best kiss he ever had, it was sloppy and sleepy and tinged with alcohol, but it had affected him the most, had settled something with perfect certainty down where his secret heart resided.

 

He liked it.

 

He liked getting kissed by another guy, even a half asleep drunk guy.

 

So he might be gay. Fabulous. Oh God, now he was even starting to sound like them.
He stayed down there, sipping his coffee until it got cold, then went back upstairs to their room. Julie was already up and he heard the shower running. He banged against the door to let her know that he was up here, so she wouldn't come out naked or anything. When she did come out, in a flurry of steam and various female toiletries, she was half dressed, in panties and a bra. "So what do you want to do?" she asked, pulling on some jeans. "I'm going to set up the booth to see if I can catch any last minute con goers then we'll probably leave around 4 or 5ish, if that's okay? We'll have to go ahead and pack up the car though...."

 

"That's fine."

 

Julie glanced at him. "What's wrong?"

 

Mikeal shook his head. "Nothing. Just tired."

 

Julie snorted and rolled her eyes as she pulled on a top. "No kidding. You kept me awake half the night too with all of your tossing and rolling around. What was bothering you?"

 

"Nothing. Just not used to sleeping in a strange place I guess," he said. Julie's innocent questions were coming close to striking a nerve. Until he figured out how he felt about his new suspected preference, he would prefer to keep his troubled thoughts private if possible. He quickly packed up and took his bag down the car, stowing it in the trunk. He gave the keys back to Julie as he passed her on his way back in. They were showing a MST3K type screening of the original Star Wars in one of the ballrooms and he joined that, letting off a few one liners of his own that earned a few chuckles from the crowd. When he met up with Julie to leave late that afternoon, he stubbornly denied acknowledging the twinge of disappointment that he didn't see his green haired boy.

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