If you’re new to Rainbow Snippets, it’s a Facebook group where authors of LGBTQ fiction post a six-sentence snippet of a WIP, a published story, or a recommendation, every weekend. You can see all the snippets here.
Today’s snippet…something from my free Valentine story, Perfect. Dale and Patrick are two side characters in the Alphas’ Homestead series. Click here to read (NC-17).
He limped over, not bothering to use his cane for the short distance between the desk and the bed, and slowly lowered himself down to sit at Patrick’s side. Still not daring to look into Patrick’s eyes, Dale took the chain from Patrick’s hand with two fingers, cradling it gently in his large hands. “You don’t have to. If you want time to think about it.”
“I don’t have to think about it.” When Dale didn’t move, Patrick pulled his legs from under the covers and climbed down from the bed to kneel on the cold floor at Dale’s feet. Running his hands up the side of his lover’s thighs, he asked softly, “Do you have to think about it?”
Dale looked down at him for a second then opened the chain out and lowered it over Patrick’s head. “I’ve thought of nothing else since the night you showed up in my bed.
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Darla M Sands February 24, 2018
That’s beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
Addison Albright February 24, 2018
Aww, that’s so beautifully sweet! <3
Kari Trenten February 25, 2018
Intensely sweet!
josexpressions February 27, 2018
Just lovely! Thank you 🙂
Dale Lowry March 3, 2018
You set the scene very well, and show a loving side of (what I assume to be) BDSM.
Jana Denardo March 3, 2018
This is lovely