Unwrapping - Tome 1 : Un cadeau pour Noël de Eli Easton

The Delts I’d met so far were upscale-looking guys. Even with Micah’s slouchy hippiness, there was a sense of quality about him that shone. And the other frat members, like Brian, tended to polo shirts and button-downs and managed to tread that narrow line between respectable students and nerds. They were more prone to hacky-sack and ultimate Frisbee on the front lawn than video games or football and steroids. It was a zone I felt comfortable in, if not one where I precisely belonged.

But this creature at the sink was something else.

He was a big guy, had to be over six feet and he was broad. He wore old, holey jeans that showcased a perfect, firmly rounded ass. On top, he wore a white tank top and nothing else, which left acres of huge muscles and tattoos exposed. He had a thick buzz cut and a full beard. One bare foot was propped up on the opposing calf as he washed glasses in hot, soapy water.

I clenched the stems of the glasses in my hands so hard it was a miracle they didn’t break. Black began to descend on my vision, and it took me a moment to identify the problem—I wasn’t breathing. Silly me. I gasped in a mouthful of oxygen, and the sound caused Sink Guy to turn his head to look at me.

“Hey.” Sink Guy’s grunt was low and rough like a dog or a bear. He turned around and went back to washing dishes.

I felt something inside me ease a little, like a catch in a muscle that finally lets go. Maybe I’d been looking at it wrong. Maybe admitting that I was attracted to guys didn’t mean I had to change who I was. I loved the gym, and I loved tattoos, and I loved being a sweaty, beefy guy. I was more conservative than my parents… but Jake was no more fem or liberal looking than me and he was gay.

And maybe, too, I didn’t have to have the entire thing figured out to the last detail before I said or did anything about it. God knows, I hadn’t come to any definite conclusions about anything else in life. Imperfect understanding is the human condition. George Soros said that. Who the fuck am I to think I’m smarter than him?

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