Take Me Back

To choose a job and ambition over love is something Gus Atchison might never forgive. When his boyfriend, Seb Paddington, decides to move to New York and leave their relationship behind, Gus is heartbroken. But two months later, Seb shows up and tries to get close again. Gus isn’t having it, though, despite Seb’s persistence, and they end up in a fight on his front porch.<br><br>Once they make peace, of a sort, Seb goes back to New York. However, four months later when he returns, Gus is alarmed at how unhealthy and thin Seb looks, and realizes he still has feelings for the man, in spite of it all. They start up a tentative friendship, and Gus sees another side of Seb he’s never known while helping with his new company. Will Gus take him back? Or will they remain friends forever?

J.D. Walker · LGBT+

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15 Chs

Chapter 7

At the end of my shift, Nance asked if I wanted to go out for a drink that weekend, to collectively drown our sorrows. I agreed before driving home and eating leftovers for dinner. Thoughts of Seb were the last thing on my mind, and I had more important things to think about, anyway.

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By Saturday night, my head ached from trying to figure out my life and make plans. Nothing I saw online on the career sites was remotely interesting. I was more than ready for a drink or two.

Nance and I, along with a few other employees, headed to a club in midtown that typically had a mixed crowd. We didn’t have to wear uniforms at the store, so at least none of us stood out too much. Though maybe I did, with my khaki pants and white Oxford shirt, attire that I felt comfortable in professionally, but not so much in an environment like this.

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