Page 59 of Will & Patrick's Endless Honeymoon
Patrick laughs. “No. I’ve got alcoholism in my family and autism spectrum disorder and my skin burns in the sun. It should be you.”
“I’m an alcoholic with Type 1 diabetes and my whole family is insane. It should be you.”
“Maybe adoption,” Patrick concedes.
“Or maybe we stir our sperm up in a petri dish and let fate decide.”
“Sounds fun.” Patrick clears his throat. “Speaking of fun, I ran into your dad. He wants us to have dinner with them tomorrow night.”
“No. Absolutely not.”
“Good. We’re on the same page.”
Will pulls Patrick close and breathes all sweet and chocolaty in his ear. “I want to leave for Kauai tomorrow morning before dawn. I know that wasn’t the plan, and I know I said I wanted to stay here, but my parents are obviously bent on making me crazy.”
“I agree.” Patrick nuzzles him gently. He loves the way Will smells after sex—earthy and all his. “And let me tell you the next honeymoon we go on will be very different. It’ll be to Antarctica for the winter. No planes in or out. Just a lot of scientists I can geek out with and cute penguins for you to watch, puddin’-pop.”
“Sounds perfect.”
“It’s a plan.”
Will laughs and rolls his eyes, the sadness of earlier mostly dispelled. Patrick resolves to trash Will’s miserable book before morning too. If he needs something to read, he can check out Patrick’s awesome vampire book. Jenny was right. It is hot as hell and utterly ridiculous. It even has a gay vampire in it. It’s the perfect vacation read.
As honeymoons go, Patrick knows this one hasn’t been the most romantic in all of history, despite his planning and best efforts. Still, he wouldn’t want to be on a honeymoon with anyone else in the entire world. He’s only into this marriage thing at all because of his horrifyingly intense love for Will.
Patrick guesses he’s satisfied. It actually could have been worse. He doesn’t want to risk imagining just how, but he knows it could have been worse. At least they’ve had days of fucking and relaxing mixed in with the stress of Will’s parents’ mess. One day they’ll laugh about it. Probably.
Will kisses him and snuggles closer. Patrick falls asleep with a smile on his face and a warm sense of contentment sliding over him.
Yes, it could have been so much worse.
