Chapter 20

“Crap. You’re amazing. I knew that the moment I first laid eyes on you. Couldn’t figure what it was that got my motor running, but it ain’t stopped revving ever since.”

Jake smiled.

“And if anything, I’m older than you.” Brett told him about the year he’d died and how folks stayed at, or returned to, the age they were most happy at.

“Guess that’s why I’m still the age I was, ’cause I’d never been all that happy. Until now.”

Brett swallowed. The same was true for him, although he’d only just fully realized it.

Next to come off were Brett’s Wranglers, though he had to remove his boots first—no easy task. Standing there in just a pair of black briefs, Jake admired him.

“Ya know, a real cowboy don’t use underwear. Excepting when he—”

“You asked for a pair the morning after we slept together.”

Jake kissed him. “…except when we visit the doctor.”

It took Brett a couple of seconds to process the meaning behind Jake’s words. “You mean you’d decided to go to the re-gen facility?”