chapt 1

Val climbed in, Aidan turned on the radio, and away they went.

"Sorry for teasing you so much about your sex life," Aidan said as he cruised unconcerned through a stop sign. "I do kind of think Theo has the hots for you, though."

"You just ran a stop sign," Val said. "And I think you're crazy. Theo's straight, he's married, and besides, isn't it generally a bad idea for lawyers to get involved with law clerks?"

"I didn't say he was going to get involved with you, just that he thought you were hot."

"You know I won't be able to look him in the eye tomorrow, don't you? I'll be thinking about him thinking about me."

( At least I haven't mentioned it to Chad. )

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total words: 10,366

chapt 2

woo, new chapter. :D and also some smut!


Val’s dreaming, and he knows he’s dreaming because he’s driving Stella’s SUV and Aidan is sitting in the passenger seat, and they’re taking a road trip down to Texas to see Morgan and Billy. There’s a Metallica CD in the CD player, and every time Aidan makes a move to change the song or change the volume or - worse - change the CD, Val slaps his hand away.

“He’s fucking crazy,” Aidan is saying, meaning James Hetfield. “But I wouldn’t kick him out of bed for wearing boots.”

“It’s the hair, huh?” Val says.

( Nah. It's the hands. )

words: 1906
total words: 12,272

note: jonas is stella's older brother. he's not actually an interior designer, nor does he hunt.