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Infinity Smashed: Say Goodnight, Gracie
Dec. 16th, 2020 07:19 pmSay Goodnight, Gracie
Series: Infinity Smashed
Word Count: 2200
Summary: Bob and Grey share a miserable holiday party and a secret.
Notes: Freebie. Drinking and Christmas and post-9/11 jingoism, but nothing much intense.
Up until Thanksgiving, I hadn’t paid Grey enough attention to bother with the gaydar. Now though, I started getting a feeling, no matter how I told myself that government beef was for looking, not touching. The shaved arms, the Barbarian Barbara shirt… maybe I wasn’t the only one flagging rainbows amidst the navy blue.
The problem was, I couldn’t ask… or tell. Even ignoring PIN policy, Grey was about the only person in Ops I felt safe comboying for; I couldn’t risk that, not while I was stuck here waiting for the 9/11 dust to settle. My more subtle attempt at verbal hanky code bounced off—Grey showed no reaction to my reference to Barbarian Barbara’s (infamously queer) fanzines or fandom. But was that because Grey was straight, or because Grey was terminally square?
( Christmas, kistch, and a Velvet Elvis museum )
Series: Infinity Smashed
Word Count: 2200
Summary: Bob and Grey share a miserable holiday party and a secret.
Notes: Freebie. Drinking and Christmas and post-9/11 jingoism, but nothing much intense.
Up until Thanksgiving, I hadn’t paid Grey enough attention to bother with the gaydar. Now though, I started getting a feeling, no matter how I told myself that government beef was for looking, not touching. The shaved arms, the Barbarian Barbara shirt… maybe I wasn’t the only one flagging rainbows amidst the navy blue.
The problem was, I couldn’t ask… or tell. Even ignoring PIN policy, Grey was about the only person in Ops I felt safe comboying for; I couldn’t risk that, not while I was stuck here waiting for the 9/11 dust to settle. My more subtle attempt at verbal hanky code bounced off—Grey showed no reaction to my reference to Barbarian Barbara’s (infamously queer) fanzines or fandom. But was that because Grey was straight, or because Grey was terminally square?
( Christmas, kistch, and a Velvet Elvis museum )
