Yep, poor Rick was too blindsided by his first meaningful connection with another man to realize the obvious about Andy. I think that, sometimes, if you're lonely enough, people might be willing to suspend judgment simply out of hope.
Chapter 3. The Plant
Flying, vicious shards of glass streaked past me with deadly force even as I threw myself to the ground. The shockwave alone popped the sonics in my ears and left me dazed. I felt a cut on my arm, then the impact of my body as I hit the asphalt and a second later the sudden furnace heat of the roaring fireball as the explosion rocked the street.
Car alarms went off everywhere. Somewhere there was a crash, loud enough to reach my addled hearing. I reached up to take out
It seems rather obvious that Andy appears suspicious, doesn't it? I guess I can justify Rick's lack of deductive powers by the fact that Andy is the first guy he has met who didn't turn out to be a disappointment.
Thank you for reviewing! you are very perceptive in the fact that there are variants of spark. also, it looks like I'm never going to live down that careless name change
There won't be smoochiness anytime soon. Rick is looking for something very specific in a mate. Maybe he will find it, maybe he won't. Thanks for the review!
Thank you very much! I'm glad you're liking my work so far. Don't worry, I will follow up with Tantalus. I'll just have to take some time to properly do it justice
Much obliged, and thank you very much for reviewing! I'm genuinely thankful for all your insightful comments throughout the course of this story, Dathi.
*note for Puppilull above: It's supposed to say, 'the most awesome line I've read in a review so far.' That's the fault of my voice recognition program not working correctly and transcribing something it thought I said, as usual. Apparently, I can't edit replies once they are posted.
Chapter 2. The Mission
When I woke up Andy was gone.
It took me a moment to realize it. When I did, I silently berated myself from having lowered my guard like that yesterday. I stood up from the bed and stumbled into the bathroom for a piss. I wasn't going to hurry. If he had stolen anything, he was long gone and there was nothing I could do about it. I wasn't going to ruin my own morning earlier than I had to.
I flushed the toilet and then looked around the bedroom as I came back. Nothin
Thanks! It's awesome to read that you liked the story. the sequel will be bigger in scope, so I need to get myself to planning! now if only I could quit my day job… lol