Rayne Check (A Love in Mission City Short Story)

Rayne Check

A Mission City gay romance short story

Gabbi Grey

Everett

I meet an intriguing man at Quinton’s annual Halloween Extravaganza. That wicked smile and the tawny-brown eyes behind his mask hold my gaze. Under his costume, the restless energy of his body promises to do explosive, unexpected things to me. So we indulge in a little fun, but when the clock strikes midnight, the man I know only as Rayne disappears into the crowd.

My straitlaced Mission City friends tell me to chalk it up to experience, but I can't get that man off my mind, or stop hoping we'll meet again one day.

Rayne Check is a smoking-hot 7k word short story about a buttoned-up lawyer who lets go of his iron control for one night, the man he can’t forget, and the friends who have his back. The story is set in the Love in Mission City world.

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Cover by Jo Clement

Dedication

Jo C.

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Everett

Quinton’s Halloween Extravaganza was not to be missed.

As in, if I missed the party, the little shit would track me down and…I would regret most of my life decisions. Including the one to skip his shindig. Also, for the record, costume optional didn’t actually mean I could show up without a costume. I’d opted for Count Dracula. So tacky. And no stupid makeup to make me look white. Being a Black man, that would’ve just been weird.

Naturally, Quinton greeted me at the door.

I