New Players In The Pattern

[Aiden Finnegan]

Any worries that might have been running through Aiden’s head were chased away when he saw Sage walk up to the restaurant. He was relieved to see that Sage hadn’t changed his appearance with the digital magic, that would’ve sucked. Aiden was shallow in the looks department, there was no hiding that. He wanted what he wanted and that was that. Why settle? Especially where relationships were concerned. He might meet his future husband or wife (though he definitely preferred men over women) out here, meaning he’d have to look at them for the rest of his life. His future partner would have to be attractive if Aiden was going to stare at them day in and day out. Sage was nice to look at.

                Aiden turned to Lasher and patted his head, “Daddy will be right back, okay, Lash?” The dog gave a short, happy bark in reply, almost as if he understood what Aiden had said.

                Rolling down the window, Aiden called out to Sage, “How much?” He busted out into a rich gale of laughter as he got out of the limo’s back seat, “I kid, I kid, of course. I probably couldn’t afford you.”

                Aiden walked right up to Sage and gave a slight bow. It was meant to be playful, Aiden was never one to shake hands unless he was in a professional setting. He would’ve hugged the other man, but that wasn't exactly proper for their first meeting and Aiden had been plenty forward already. Sage seemed to be receptive to the playful passes… Aiden could’ve been reading too much into that. He had a habit of doing so where romance was involved. Then again, he never really had to try. His fame had taken care of much of that, Sage didn’t seem starstruck. That was good. That was very good.

                “I already ordered the food. I wasn’t sure if you wanted to go back to your house or not. We could stay here too, though. I doubt it would be an issue to plate everything up for us. Or we could go somewhere else, but I profess I’m still new to the area, despite being here for 2 years now… I don’t get out much. We could just drive around and eat, that’s a bonus of having the limo. I got Lasher in there too but he won’t beg,” Aiden said smoothly, “I’m all yours tonight, Sage; so anything you wanna do is fine by me.”