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“Everything okay?” Kiernan asked as he popped his blond head around the corner. His long hair had started to escape his bun and framed his face.
“Fine. Valve 24!” I shouted back.
Kiernan’s head disappeared again.
“It’s green,” Kiernan called out in his deep voice.
Flynn looked around and leaned closer to me. “When we were in Thailand, I came up to the bridge deck for a break and I noticed that K’s eyes were glued to this guy’s ass. And I mean he was taking a long, hard look. Maybe he’s bi or pan and he isn’t out yet. You know the fighting world he comes from. It isn’t queer inclusive.”
“I guess,” I replied and all thoughts of what I was supposed to be doing vanished. “But it doesn’t matter whether he is or not. He’s my friend and yours too. If he is queer and he feels comfortable telling us, that’s great. But he might not be at all, and that’s fine too. It’s none of our business.”
My tone was sharper than usual. So unlike me.
Who was this man Kiernan had been looking at and why was I so annoyed about it?
“I’m just saying, I wouldn’t mind taking a ride on that mountain of a man,” Flynn commented.
“Knock it off,” I warned.
I sure as fuck didn’t want to speculate about Kiernan’s sexuality but I also didn’t like the idea of Flynn making a move on him.
Pushing that thought aside, I moved over to check the fuel pumps.
“Pump 29!” I yelled out.
No reply.
“Kiernan? Did you hear me?”
“Yeah, sorry,” he called out. “It’s green. It’s good.”
“Have you watched any of his fight clips?” Flynn asked. “That’s sexy stuff right there.”
I sighed and turned to my colleague. “Okay, no more talk about this. Please.”
“Sorry. I just thought—" Flynn shrugged his shoulders.
“What?”
“Well, I thought you knew.”
“Knew what?”
“The ass he was looking at? It was yours.”
My heart took off racing, but my brain went offline. My mouth too.
“Charlie?” Flynn waved a hand in front of my face. “You okay?”
“Ahhh—”
I was so eloquent sometimes.
Flynn pushed me aside and began to verify the gauges, calling out numbers to Kiernan. I stood there watching him, still unable to talk.
No.
I couldn’t believe what Flynn had told me.
