Chapter 2With a mix of amusement and regret, Micah watched the twink head back to his kitchen group. The guy was a bundle of energy and nerves, and far too adorable. A tempting distraction—but as they’d both seen, distractions were dangerous. Micah knew he should follow him over and see how the group was doing as he’d initially intended, but instead he dealt with the contaminated knife, and that put him on the other side of the room, so he checked on the groups nearest to him first. Definitely not avoiding the cute guy who blushed at the drop of a hat and seemed so earnest about everything. Micah had maybe been watching him interact with his group even before he’d headed over to check on them. When the guy wasn’t lopping off his finger, he was focused and nearly studious. When he was lopp

