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by the displays and was as likely to pick up some “cool looking fruit” or “but they were on sale” triple fudge brownies as something on the list.
    Yeah, probably Evan going all control freak in the bathroom was your basic-issue Evan. It had definitely been hot, not that sex wasn’t good with Evan usually, but that had been a step up. Maybe that was enough. What made Jonah think he could handle the serious stuff with chains and leather and actual pain?
    Because his dick was hard as a rock, right there in the middle of the supercenter grocery store at the thought of it, and it took a long hard stare at baby food and diapers to get himself under control.
    He glanced up to find Evan waiting at the end of the aisle, a loaded basket on his arm and a smile on his face like he knew what Jonah had been thinking about.
    That was unnerving. Jonah had been so busy freaking out he hadn’t stopped to consider that maybe something was going on with Evan. Had he been digging in Jonah’s browser history? Or...shit. Jonah shifted his basket around as he dug in his pockets. That list. He’d forgotten to throw it out.
    What if —but it was right there in his front pocket under his phone.
    “Lose something?” Evan said, striding toward him.
    “Couldn’t find my phone for a second. Got everything?”
    Three stops later, they pulled into the driveway to see Evan’s cousin April’s bright blue minivan had returned from Boston. Jonah smiled. Evan had enough cousins to start a football team, but Kelly was almost like Evan’s big brother. Last year when Jonah was a little nervous about being introduced to the Murphy clan, Evan had said, “My cousin Kelly’s been bringing his boyfriend Paul home for years.”
    Jonah had pointed out that a nephew’s boyfriend was probably easier to take than a son’s, but Evan had countered that after his aunt died, Kelly and his sister April had moved in with Evan’s family. Knowing that someone had already broken the queer ground had helped Jonah to stop his is-it-really-time-to-meet-the-parents panic attack.
    April came out of the side door to help them with the bags.
    “Where is everyone?” Evan asked as they entered the kitchen.
    In contrast to this morning of cartoons and games, the house was surprisingly quiet. April rolled her eyes. “The drive back was a little tense. Your mom and dad took the kids to the Y to let them blow off some steam.” April hoisted her bags onto the counter.
    “And Kelly and Paul?” Evan’s voice was mild, but Jonah felt the sudden stiffness as Evan stopped putting stuff into a cabinet.
    Last Christmas, April’s kids had been inseparable from Kelly and Paul. Jonah found himself looking through the kitchen windows at the basketball hoop over the garage.
    “Paul didn’t come.”
    A dozen questions bubbled up in Jonah’s head, but Evan put a hand on Jonah’s back in a warning.
    “What happened?” Evan said.
    April shrugged. “All Kel would say was that Paul wasn’t coming and he didn’t want to talk about it. Now he’s out in the garage, putting together a bike he had shipped here for Connor.”
    “Fuck.” The door slammed shut as Evan shot out of the house.
    Evan didn’t swear much. And he didn’t slam doors either. Jonah had been putting stuff randomly on the counters since he didn’t know where anything went.
    “I’ll finish it up if you want to go out there too,” April offered.
    Jonah wasn’t sure what he was expected to do, but curiosity got the best of him and he trailed after Evan.
    “So you can return that little package,” Kelly was saying as he twisted the wrench on the pedal. “Thank God I had you pick it up. I don’t even want to have to look at that. Hey, Jonah.”
    Kelly was seven years older than Evan and looked more like his dad than Evan did. The same tall, rangy build and the same coppery-brown hair, though Kelly’s had less gray in it. Same deep-set hazel eyes. Evan’s dark blond hair and warm gold eyes were clearly