“Doesn’t it?”Ross was still hopeful they could manage this.His boyfriend seemed game.
“I’ve never done that, you know.”
Ross blinked.Then blinked again.“Really?Not once?”
“No.I know it sounds strange, but it wasn’t something I did with anyone.”
That was kind of sad.Glenn was almost two hundred years old, after all.On the other hand, Ross was glad that he didn’t have the ghost of some old ex to contend with.And it made him happy to share moments like this with Glenn and to have it be new.Not something Glenn did in order to humor him.“Then let’s definitely do it.Somewhere with a hot tub.”
“Oh god, yes.We’ll deserve it after handling this headache.”
“So…no option of it being easy to deal with?”
“Not a fucking chance.”Glenn looked already put out, mouth in a harsh line.
“Of course,” Ross sighed.Because that was how their luck ran.
The museum came into sight.It wasn’t a large structure, just a simple brick two-story someone had started a privately owned museum in.Ross wasn’t even sure what was on display, as it wasn’t open to the public at the moment.They were still setting up for some grand opening.
Ross pulled into the parking lot in the back, nearly hitting people as he pulled in.The two vampires were no longer lurking in their car, it seemed, but were out again and trying to get back at the building.They were perfectly in line with where he drove, too.The irreverent part of him couldn’t contain the words, “Pedestrians, fifty points each!”
“Darling, don’t run people over,” Glenn drawled.
“You sure about that?”
“No.And don’t tempt me.”
Snorting, Ross pulled sharply to the left and parked in what free space there was before getting out.Glenn, of course, beat him to the punch and stood in front of his own people before Ross could do much more than blink.
His four clan members were arrayed in a half-circle like some Marvel heroes facing down the villains.The two opposing vampires glared back, standing close to each other but obviously ready to bring the fight to them, if it called for that.Both of them looked the pretty-boy type, one of them clearly still in the Victorian era, judging by the frilly shirt and light-blue suit he wore.His friend looked more emo, for some reason.It could be the narrow face and inky-black hair giving Ross that impression.
Glenn wore an aggravated expression.“I don’t know what the two of you are playing at.Inbroad daylight?Any vampire worth their salt should be in bed right now.I would suggest leaving, but your clan master is already on his way here.You best stay and explain to him this bit of stupidity.”
“It’s not like this doesn’t concern you too,” Emo Vampire snapped back.
Glenn blinked.“Of course it concerns me too.You’re attempting these shenanigans on my territory.”
“No,Clan Master,” Pretty Vampire corrected, sounding very snooty and aristocratic as he looked down his nose at Glenn.“I mean there’s something personal of yours in there as well.Something I’m sure your”—here he gave a disdainful look at Ross—“assistant would be very interested in seeing.”
Glenn stilled.
For that matter, so did Ross.What the hell in the museum was of interest to both these vampires and to Glenn?He whipped out his phone and Googled the museum, praying they had a website.Glory be, they did.It was still somewhat under construction, but it had a list of things to be on display, at least, and a few paragraphs expounding on the collection and where it came from.Ross’s eyes skimmed over it.
Oh.Um.“Glenn.”
Glenn was at his side in a heartbeat.“What?”
He tilted the screen so Glenn could read it more easily.“The museum has gained a collection of LGBT content from around the world from various estate sales and donations.There’s journals, love letters, pictures, even a few portraits.Most of the collection is coming from early 19thcentury Europe.I take it you three have something in there because you were writing letters to other men?”
Glenn, already pale, turned a hint of pink.
Which was a perfectly adorable expression.Ross had literally never seen him blush before.Oh my.Had his usually suave lover written a few love letters he now regretted?
“We all did.You see?”Emo Vampire looked justified but still worried.“There’s things in there that absolutely shouldn’t see the light of day.”
Ross really couldn’t let that comment slide.“What’s embarrassing about writing a love letter to someone?”
Emo Vampire turned beet red and wouldn’t look at anyone.“That’s not your business!”
