there?”
“I…I want there to be. I hope there is. But when you say something
clicked…What clicked?” Jacob pondered.
“You did. You’re the first person I’ve felt this kind of attraction to this
way.” Joe moaned and Jacob’s stomach sank.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean…I’ve never felt this way before. For someone like you.”
Jacob’s stomach sank further. The knot in his gut was returning. “Like…A brunette?” Jacob blushed. “I mean, I’m kind of blond now if
that helps.”
Joe laughed.
“Like…A man. I don’t know. I’ve never looked at a man this way
before.” Jacob gulped. Double oh shit.
“Are you- have you- not been out before?”
“I mean, I haven’t really felt anything before. Not like this.” The knot
clenched his stomach entirely. Triple oh shit.
“So I’m like the first guy you’ve ever been with?”
“I mean I’ve always felt things before. Like brotherly love. But I don’t
know- it’s like something just clicked and there was you. There’s just you.
It’s all you.”
“So you’re…a virgin?” Jacob asked.
“What? No! Of course not!” Joe laughed and Jacob felt a huge sigh of
relief.
“Oh thank god.” Jacob breathed a sigh of relief.
“Exactly.” Joe responded.
“What?”
“I’m a pastor.”
“… Come again?”
Of the many things that Joe could have been, at no point did ‘man of
God’ come to mind. He was hot. He was sweet. He was caring- and despite
his personal anecdotes, Joe had been very much flirting with Jacob. He thought.
