About Concur

by J. Rocci
28 pages / 7000 words
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Officer Joshua Dabbs has been married to his husband, lawyer Garrison Williams, for six years. So he still remembers what Garrison's like with a wedding to plan, and he knows that when their two good friends, Rick and Emmanuel, decide to tie the knot, he won't be seeing much of his husband until it's over. But Emmanuel needs advice, and Josh finds himself asking questions about his and Garrison's relationship that he hadn't thought of before -- mainly, do they want kids? As usual, Garrison knows what Josh is thinking before he does.

Sample

"I see you've risen from the dead," Garrison says with a grin in his voice.

Josh cranes his neck to look up over the arm of the couch as Garrison comes around to set a bowl of soup on the coffee table.

"I'm not actually dying," Josh points out, and spoils it with a punctuating sneeze.

"Of course you aren't, dear." Garrison clearly doesn't believe him. Perching on the edge of the couch, he brandishes an ear thermometer. He doesn't give Josh a chance to protest before he jams it in an ear and clicks the button.

Josh submits to it with all the grace of a wet cat. He glowers and rubs at his head when Garrison's done.

"Well, it looks like your fever's gone down," Garrison says with a worried frown. He pops two DayQuil out of the bubble pack that appears from his back pocket. "Here, take these. I'll get you a glass of water."

He's off again before the dogs even settle on the carpet. Muttlee looks like he wants to follow, but Garrison reappears quickly enough.

"If you're not feeling better by tomorrow, maybe I should make you a doctor's appointment." Garrison frets as Josh dutifully takes the pills.

"I'm fine," Josh grumbles. To distract his husband, Josh grabs the soup bowl to hold it up like a shield and asks, "So Rick and E are getting hitched, huh?"

The look Garrison gives him lets him know he's not off the hook for some tender loving care, whether he wants it or not. So Josh has a tendency to lick his wounds in private and gets grumpy when he's ill, Garrison's known that for years.

"Emmanuel proposed this morning over breakfast in bed. There were rose petals and a latte with foam art involved. Apparently it was all very romantic." The fond glance Garrison gives him means Josh isn't the only one remembering the burnt dinner, dog-munched roses, and missed reservations of Josh's proposal. "Rick now has free reign to plan the wedding as he wishes, so of course he called me in."