It took all his strength not to curl up beside his lover and leave Vic sleeping in the bed, the dog already comfortable in the spot where Matt wanted to be. But he packed a small duffle bag with a change of clothes, added some toiletries, and fed Sadie a bowl of kibble before heading back out into the rain. This time he took an umbrella, but he left it inside the front door to the building because he couldn’t get it to open and he really didn’t have time to f**k with it this morning. Instead, he dashed down the stairs and through the puddles already pooling on the sidewalk to reach his car. Opening the passenger side door, he tossed in his duffle bag, then hurried around to the driver’s side.
And flooded his sneakers when he stepped off the curb into several inches of freezing, fast-flowi
