An Unrivaled Off-Season (Hockey Ever After) by Ashlyn Kane & Morgan James

Author:Ashlyn Kane & Morgan James [Kane, Ashlyn & James, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 9781644056424
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2024-04-01T18:30:00+00:00

GRADY THOUGHT the cooking lesson went well—he enjoyed it, and he could see Max did too, and the food tasted great. They got a lesson in smoking, pan-frying, and grilling on the beach, and the whole thing only underscored how much better fresh food tasted. The experience didn’t hold a candle to the whole whale encounter, but even though the day hadn’t gone to plan, Grady didn’t have any complaints.

At least not until the middle of the night, when he woke up and the room was rocking.

Or, well, obviously it wasn’t. It just felt like that, after being on the boat all day. Max’s weight wasn’t shifting all over him like crazy the way it would be if a giant had picked up Max’s house and set it in the bay like some kind of oversize bath toy. Carefully, he worked one leg out from the sheets and placed his foot on the floor. It worked when he’d had too much to drink.

Tonight, no such luck. A dull, throbbing ache settled in behind his eyes. His stomach swooped along with the room. The taste of salt filled his mouth.

Fuck.

Grady pushed at Max’s shoulder.

Max attempted to snuffle deeper into Grady’s chest. There might have been drool involved.

This time Grady shoved more urgently. Max might still marry him if Grady puked on him, but the romance would definitely be dead. “Max, get up. I’m gonna be sick.”

Max raised his head. “Bwah?”

Grady slid out from under him and stumbled to the bathroom.

When he was sure he could handle it, he pushed himself up off the floor and made his way over to the sink. After a moment there was a tap on the bathroom door, which he hadn’t managed to close entirely, and then it opened.

Max peered at him, half concern, half… well, half conscious. “You okay?”

Nodding would be a bad idea. Grady steadied himself on the counter with one hand and reached for the mouthwash with the other. “Yeah. No.” His head was swimming. He grimaced. “I feel like I’m still on the boat.”

“Sea legs.” Max made a noise of sympathy while Grady swished his mouth out. He should brush his teeth again too, but he didn’t know if he could stand to be vertical that long.

He spat. “Any suggestions?”

“Drugs,” Max said sagely. He slipped under Grady’s arm without Grady even realizing he’d moved. “C’mon. We’ll get you back in bed and I’ll feed you Gravol. It won’t make the feeling stop, but it’ll help your stomach and hopefully let you sleep through the worst of it.”

True to Max’s word, the Gravol did help, even if Grady spent the first half of the day in bed feeling sorry for himself. Max brought him toast and applesauce and mashed potatoes, and Grady alternated between sleeping fitfully and working on The Proposal, Plan B. Or was it C? He hadn’t really had a plan beyond beat Max at fishing, which in hindsight was a bet Grady had no chance of winning.

He couldn’t exactly go ring shopping in Moncton.

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