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“If that’s what you want,” Quin conceded.
“I think it’s what’s best.”
“For us?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay. If that’s what you want to do, you should do it.”
“What do you think, would you want to be the boyfriend of the first out football player in the NFL?” I asked mustering a smile.
“I just want to be your boyfriend. I don’t care what you are,” Quin said as sweet and caring as ever.
Even though he didn’t say it, I knew that my playing football made a difference to him. He needed to be with someone as special as he was. I was willing to be that for him.
“And, I just want to be your boyfriend. I want it more than anything,” I told him leaning over the divider and taking his hand.
“I love you, Cage,” he said causing my heart to soar.
“Quin, I love you, too,” I said before moving to my boyfriend’s lips and losing myself in his kiss.
Pulling away I stared at him awash in warmth. I couldn’t believe that I had stayed away from him for so long. We had so much to catch up on.
“I heard from my uncle,” Quin said suddenly bringing my elation to an end.
“Your uncle with the results?” I said letting go of his hand and pulling away.
“Yes. Do you want to know the verdict?”
Did I want to know the results? Of course, I did… I think. What would knowing them change? Probably everything.
I didn’t even know what it would mean to have a family. The man who had raised me and then had disappeared, wasn’t what family was supposed to be. I had always known that. What if I could have that other thing with Nero and… my mom?
“I wanna know,” I said preparing myself for anything.
Chapter 15
Quin
The days that I hadn’t heard from Cage had been the worst days of my life. The only time I didn’t think about him was when I slept and even then I dreamed about him. At first, it was because I couldn’t wait to hear from him again. Then it was because I needed to figure out why I hadn’t.
I was a wreck and poor Lou had to deal with it. He listened to me ask why I hadn’t heard from Cage, again and again. It was him who had suggested that we find out when Cage’s next shift was and to show up. Lou’s superpower was definitely figuring out relationships with guys. I loved him for it.
Although it was Lou’s idea to do it, when we did it was up to me. No matter the reason for Cage’s disappearance, I knew that I had to get him the results of his genetic test. It was too important to him. I hadn’t expected him to say everything he had, but I had liked it.
To be honest, I even liked that he was returning to football. The dream life he was talking about when we were in Snow Tip Falls sounded fantastic. I would love a simple life with him and a family. But, I had responsibilities to others. Hell, I had a responsibility to the kids like me who hadn’t even been born yet.
Being the boyfriend to the first out NFL player fit that picture. I wouldn’t have to figure out how to change the world if I were that. Cage and I would change the world together just by loving each other.
The problem was that this wasn’t the end of the story. There was something I knew that he didn’t. There was a part of me that wished that he didn’t want to know the results of the test. In that case, we could freeze everything where it was and live like this forever. That wasn’t the case, though. And all I could do was tell him that I loved him.
“I wanna know,” he said having pulled away.
I swallowed and braced myself.
“You and Nero are brothers,” I told him.
“We’re brothers?”
