Sneak Peak: Vaper Trail (The Profane Series) 1/?
Late June 2012 – Capitol Hill – Lachlan
Lachlan Graham fiddled with the electric water kettle on his counter, pressing his fingers to the body of the water reservoir like he could gauge the temperature of the water just by that one simple touch. It wasn’t entirely an affectation. Three years working as a barista in the U District’s coffee scene had given him a few skills—heat resilient hands that were, nevertheless, quite adept at judging a liquid’s temperature was simply one of them. But that’s not why he did it now—no, let’s be honest, it was just a nervous tick. An excuse to remain standing in his kitchen and thereby avoid the conversation lurking in the other room for another three minutes while the kettle heated up the water to boiling.
Tea had seemed like a good idea when he offered, but maybe it was just the coward’s way out.
His lower lip still tingled from its close contact with Vector’s mouth a minute ago.