The feel of the man beneath his touch was intoxicating and Nate held hard. Instinctively Nate steadied Jay and that meant his hands rested on Jay’s hips. Then Jay smiled and closed his eyes again. Jay did as Nate had asked, and Nate was suddenly seeing brown eyes glazed with emotion. “Open your eyes, Jay,” Nate shouted over the music. Was he aware it was Nate holding him? He’d said “cowboy,” they’d spoken, but there were a lot of cowboys mixed in with the bikers and the other varied clientele. He had closed his eyes and was mouthing the words along with the song. He had both hands free, and he used them to steady himself by gripping hard to Nate’s shoulders. Somewhere along the line, Jay had lost his bottle of beer, or finished it, or whatever. Suddenly Jay became a four-course meal and Nate was very hungry.Īs if to make that comment mean nothing, Jay deliberately closed his eyes and moved to the beat of the music. His breath smelled of beer and his body scent was a mix of the infuriating aftershave mingled with sweat and dust. “You need to be careful!” Nate shouted close to his ear. The two men dancing with Jay drifted off to face other dancers, and suddenly it seemed like it was just Nate and Jay swaying to the music. In a sinuous movement, Jay gripped one of Nate’s shoulders and shuffled closer so that very little separated them. Jay spun on his heel and Nate held out a hand to steady him.

When he finally made it to Jay’s side, he patted him on the shoulder. Nate was immediately swallowed into the crowd and instinctively began moving to the beat of the song as he walked closer. Jay made it through three tracks of music, and when he made no sign of moving from his place alongside two men, Nate had to make a move. Or that he wanted Jay to do the same thing to him. Maybe fucking Liam into the mattress would stop the irritating thought that he wanted to fuck Jay instead. Maybe he could get some more of that tonight. Nate recalled the young guy bending over for him the last time he was here.

At one point, when he was trying not to stare at the dancing, he spotted Liam across the room and they exchanged heated looks.

The Rancher's Son by R.J. Scott