Chapter 8
For a moment Micah thought he imagined Linus saying he wanted Micah. Just a few seconds. He’d been thinking more and more of what he wanted to hear, that perhaps he really had conjured up the words.
But then he saw the deflated look in Linus’s eyes as the silence and lack of response from him continued. He knew he couldn’t allow Linus to give in to the doubt already plaguing him.
“I want you, too,” Micah said quickly, happy when Linus started in surprise.
“Y-you do?”
“Yes. For a long time. I was just…I’m the one who said we should be friends, that there was nothing physical between us. But, yeah, Linus, please.”
Linus rose from the edge of the coffee table and held out his hand for Micah to take. He led Micah down the short hallway to Linus’s bedroom.
Micah tugged his hand
