Chapter 13Before he’d even finished checking his email the next morning, Alex heard a quiet cough behind him, and turned to find Xander leaning against his door jamb, smiling sheepishly.
“So, what’d you tell your dad?”
“What, are we in middle school?” Alex rolled his eyes. Then he clasped his hands together under his chin and batted his eyelashes. “I told him that I like like you.”
Xander chuffed a short laugh. “Wait, what?”
Another eye roll. “I basically went to bed as soon as I got home last night.” Alex could see Xander’s face fall. “But we did talk at breakfast this morning.”
“And?”
“I was very general. About what we discovered and about us.” At this point Alex stood and moved to the doorway. He took Xander’s hand and placed a quick peck on his lips. “Dad lit up like Times Square
