“I used to be so jealous of Davie,” Kit admitted.
Red furrowed his brows. “Him? Why?”
Kit huffed. “You really are oblivious, aren’t you? I fancied you.”
“Me? But you were a kid.”
“I knew how my dick worked just fine, and that I liked boys, not girls. Anyway, you didn’t even know I existed.”
Red thought about that for a long time. He knew Kit was around, but he’d been just a kid. “I was in love with my boy.”
“You thought he hung the moon and stars.” Kit’s voice was wistful. “I wanted someone to look at me the way you looked at Davie.”
Red was silent. He had looked at his boy like that, but in the end, it hadn’t made any difference. Davie had still left.
“You never mention your best friend’s name,” Kit said.
“Ex-best friend.”
“Yeah, him. Davie, yes, but not him.”
“He’s dead to me,” Red snapped.
Kit opened his mouth as if he were about to say something, then closed it. Finally, he said, “I asked Tony if he could deal with Davie for hurting you.”
Red let out a long sigh. “We just broke up, Kit.”
“He cheated on you.”
Red didn’t know whether to laugh or not, Kit looked so fierce. But no one else had ever offered to off his ex because he was hurt. He wouldn’t forget that.
“Give me time,” he said in the end. “There hasn’t been anyone else since he left.”
“No one?”
“I wasn’t ready,” Red said simply.
Kit leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. “Okay. But I’m not going to give up trying.”
“Very trying,” Red agreed.
Kit scowled at him, then gave a wry chuckle. “One day you’ll stop thinking of me as Tony’s kid brother.”
“Maybe.”
Kit’s life was in danger, yet he was still pushing for a date? Although dating probably wasn’t what the boy had in mind.
“Have you ever had a Daddy?” Red asked.
Kit hesitated. Red waited, wondering what he was going to say.
“Once, kinda. I tried with an older guy. He gave me bad vibes, so I broke it off before we went too far.”
“Who was it?” Red asked curiously. It had been a long time since he was in the community, but a Daddy giving off bad vibes had to be known. He could pass the name onto Mo.
Kit furrowed his brow. “Eric something. As I say, it barely went beyond a couple of sessions. I was kinda put off trying again to be honest. I didn’t look for anyone else. I like the idea of a Daddy, but I’m not sure I’m a boy.”
Red didn’t know any Daddy called Eric, but that wasn’t surprising. He’d been out of the community for so long. However he’d pass the intel onto Mo or Craig as Quinn was out of town.
