Gabriel
Harp was one conspiring lady. I looked at this kid and realized instantly that she was trying to get me to move on from Maggie. Unfortunately for me, it was working to well.
Dammit.
This kid was beautiful, and I say kid because I'm in my early thirties and this guy looked like he was probably still in school. It didn't take away anything from his appearance, in fact his youthful glow just made him all the more appealing.
Dammit.
He had a pale complexion, his skin looking like heavy cream. He was almost as tall as me, probably about 6'. His face was all sharp lines, with a strong jawline and cheekbones that could cut glass. His face, and what I could see of his body, had a smatter of dark freckles, which helped to round out his chiseled face. He was lean with a light covering of muscle. His eyes were dark dark blue, almost black in the right light. His hair was a dark chocolate brown, and it was styled up in a very modern haircut, with a lot of light pieces wavy and styled back messily like he had recently run this fingers through it, with the sides fading down. He was dressed in a coal gray button down, a tight leather jacket, and black jeans that looked tailored to his lean legs. He was my type down to the smallest detail.
Dammit
I had dated some men in college, all for experimenting while I was young and had the time. I dated one guy for a couple of months, but it never got serious and we parted mutually. After college, I hadn't really dated any guys because I hadn't found any man that had caught my interest in that way. I assumed it was just some college flings and assured myself and my sisters that I was straight.
They had taken my assurance with a grain of salt, and had offered to set me up with many men and women after college. I had turned down all of their setups, whether they were a man or woman. Blind dates had always made me very uncomfortable, and I'd rather naturally fall into something rather than suffer through hours of bad conversation. It seems as if that hadn't stopped them this time, since they had pretty much just offered me a filet mignon to a lion.
I wanted to eat him up.
He looked uneasy in my presence without my sister. I understood, since he had just been left in a basement with a total stranger. Anything could happen. I know what I wanted to happen, but I also knew he would probably never go for it.
He probably had some super hot college lady hanging off his arm. He probably had never even given thought to being with a man, let alone me. I don't know why people always assume gay men have a great internal gaydar, because I can't tell worth a dime.
I realized I had been staring at him for the better part of a minute without saying anything, and he was beginning to grow uncomfortable. He was biting his lip lightly with his teeth in the bottom corner of his mouth. His bee stung bottom lip poked out a little bit, and I wanted to be the one nibbling on it.
"Alright, well this is the basement, I converted into an office space so I could have a place to get away from my crazy sisters and concentrate. I tried to set it up as much as I could so it would go less from creepy warehouse basement and more creepy office, and I think I did alright."
He finally stopped biting his lip, which helped my concentration immensely. He grinned shyly, his ocean eyes staring into mine, then staring at anything other than me.
"It looks really well done. I love the lighting, it definitely lessens the creep factor."
"I"m glad! That's what I was trying to go for. Our next stop on the grand tour will be the brewery side. Please follow me, and make sure to stay with a buddy."
That made his face break into a full blown grin, and his eyes fucking twinkled like a disney movie. I vowed to try and make that smile come out as much as possible that night.
I rose from my chair and his eyes followed my movement. His gaze roved up and down my body, and I swear I could detect a hint of lust in his eyes. His tongue peeked out between his lips and his face grew a little pink along the edge. He looked fucking delicious.
He seemed to shake himself out of his thoughts, and ran his eyes back up to mine. When he saw me staring back at him, the light pink of his cheeks turned into a full blown blush. He waited for me to walk around my desk and I walked in front of him to lead the way.
Once upstairs, I explained all of the machinery. I explained the brewer, and the fermentation tanks. I explained how though Leigh was the master brewer, I loved to work with the beer and help with flavor ideas or the brewing process.
Though he probably had little to no reason to, he listened intently to me the whole time. I felt his gaze go through me the entire time I was explaining the beer making process. It became very difficult to concentrate on what I was saying when my thoughts kept straying to Gabe.
Gabe in just those jeans. Gabe in nothing. Gabe pressed up against the fermentation tank, breathing heavy as my hands roamed his chest and down to his cock...
"... and this is our um, our um, yeah this is the tank where we keep our yearly beer."
It was almost impossible to keep up this tour guide ruse. He didn't seem to notice, luckily. It would suck to get into an argument with such a sexy man, especially since he liked the beer so much.
"So that pretty much finished the downstairs tour. Would you like to go upstairs, and see the balcony?"
"Yeah that sounds great."
I heard a quiet ping in the air, and saw his eyebrows furrow in annoyance. He looked down at his jean pocket in disdain, and pullet out his cell.
"Sorry about that. My boyfriend, Logan, ditched me and I wasn't able to find him before. That's how I started talking to your sister in the first place."
Boyfriend.
Boyfriend.
I both mentally celebrated and growled in anger. So he was at least bi, but of course he already had boyfriend. A hot, young thing like that could probably grab any man that he wanted. Why would he want a man probably ten years older than him at least that had begun to get soft around the edges and made beer for a living. This gorgeous babe could probably bag anyone he wanted, and I highly doubted he was gunning for me
His voice finally broke through my mental tirade.
"Are you fucking kidding me! He just texted me saying he left, and he's the one that wanted to come here in the first place. I mean, he didn't even text me saying he was leaving. He just texted me saying he was home and he would try and see me tomorrow. What the fuck!"
I don't know why anyone would ditch a cutie like him, but I wanted to punch this Logan in the fucking face for making Gabe so upset. His eyes had hardened and his face scrunched up as if he had bitten into a lemon slice. Even with him looking royally pissed, he still looked hotter than hell.
"If you need to head out and find him, that's ok."