Page 128 of Goaltender Interference

Sighing, Connor drank his beer. “Really fucking good,” he said miserably. “Like, the girls love him. And he’s so patient with them. And he and Nolan get along and?—”

“So, you’re already living together, right?”

“Yeah. What’s that got to do with it?”

“Are you sure you’re not … already dating?”

“Umm,” Connor said. Was that a thing? Maybe it was. Although … “We’ve never been out on a date,” he pointed out.

“I think you might need to not look at this through the lens of being straight.”

Connor squinted. “What the fuck does that mean?”

“I mean … maybe the rules are kinda … different when it’s two guys. Particularly when you’re on the same team and more or less living together.”

“You’re talking from personal experience,” Connor guessed.

“Well, yeah. Anders and I started out kinda like that too. I offered him a friends with benefits thing?—”

Connor shuddered. “Stop right there. I don’t fuckin’ need details about my little brother’s sex life.”

“Well, I don’t wanna hear about yours either!” Kelly protested, though his brown eyes were full of amusement. “It’s not like I was gonna get into positions. Although I have to say this, if Jesse is uncut, you really should look into docking.”

“Stop thinking about Jesse’s dick!” Connor spat. “What the fuck iswrongwith you?”

He had no idea what docking was but Connor really wasn’t sure he wanted to know because then he’d know what his brother and Anders got up to. Fucking gross.

“Oh my God, you’re totally acting jealous. You’reridiculous.”

“You know. I don’t know why I fucking bothered,” Connor grumbled, shifting to get out of his chair. “You’re no fucking help.”

“C’mon, no, don’t go,” Kelly coaxed.

Connor glared. “Why should I stay?”

“Because I’ll be serious now, I swear.”

“I’ll fuckin’ believe it when I see it.” But Connor settled back into his seat.

“Okay, so where were we?”

“Not talking about my goaltender’s dick.”

“Yourgoaltender, huh?” Kelly arched an eyebrow at him.

“The team’s, yeah.”

Connor tried not to think too closely about how he’d reacted earlier when Jesse taunted him with the idea of a threesome with Kelly. Jesse wasjoking, Connor knew that. But still …Ugh.

“Connor, are you in love with him?” Kelly’s tone was uncharacteristically serious.

Connor tried not to choke on his beer. “Uhh, maybe?”

Kelly gave him an unimpressed look.

“I think I’m getting there,” he admitted. “But what does it fuckin’ matter?”

Kelly gaped for a moment before he sputtered, “What does it matter? How many hits to the head have you taken lately?”

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