Gabe
Ha! The doctor has spoken.
Reed
I don’t own my company, you idiot.
Levi
Is that how a Daddy should speak?
The word pulled at something old and familiar in me, something I’d kept locked down since before I quit hockey.
Barrett
To Gabe? Abso-fucking-lutely.
Gabe
Be nice, or I’ll sic Nico on you.
Barrett
I’m twice his size. I can take him.
Levi
It’s not his fists you need to worry about. It’s his mouth.
Gabe
Anyway, back to you, Travis. You need to come.
Levi
It’s gonna be hard to find a boy when you don’t go to places where boys are at. Just sayin’.
Hearing it out loud hit that quiet place in me that already knew exactly who I kept thinking about.
Travis
I know, I’ve kinda got my eye on someone.
Barrett
Is he a boy?
Travis
Yeah, he’s a guy.
Reed
Heh.
Barrett
You know what I meant, asshole.
