Christine Price

“It had been a nice night, but not one they’d repeat. Like, ever.

Why was he dialing his phone?

A few rings later, a familiar voice picked up on the other end. “Whitman.”

Dammit, my subconscious really is out to get me. “Matt? Brennan. I was wondering if…” make it something good, “…you…wanted to…” his gaze flew around the room, settling on his DVD shelf, “…watch Star Wars with me?”Star Wars? A hundred DVDs on the shelf and he settled on fucking Star Wars? He was never going to get in Matt’s pants ever again.

There was a pause on the other end.

Great, I’ve scared him off with my closet geekery. Go me.

“Which one?”

His heart skipped a beat. Or not.“I have all six.”

“My favorite is Strikes Back. I can be at my place in about twenty. I’ll bring food?” Brennan’s eyes squeezed closed and he grinned, kicking his feet in delight. I am such a girl. “You know we can’t watch Strikes Back without immediately going to Return, right?”

“We should pace ourselves. Star Wars is serious business. Usually I don’t watch them without consuming about five pounds of Skittles and three bottles of Coke.”

“I’ll grab the junk food. We can pull an all -nighter.”

“It’s a weeknight.” Matt sounded ridiculously disappointed about the fact, which was so happy-dance-worthy that Brennan almost literally jumped out of his chair. “But maybe we could turn it into a three-part date? Start tonight? End Friday?”
― Christine Price