The Spell
“said Justin. “Don’t you, darling?”
Alex gave a slow frowning nod of agreement and when Danny laughed slid a smile at him and held his eye for a second. “Some of us do,” he said.
Justin noticed the contact and then took in Robin’s steady gaze across the table, the turned-down smile that said that he usually indulged him but tonight might side with the others. “I’m an angel when I’m drunk,” said Justin.
It was the end of a long rich dinner, Danny clearing the dishes in the rational way of a train...ed waiter, leaving Justin with his spoiled helping of now cold pudding, which he eyed with baffled alarm, like an emblem of a life he couldn’t recall ordering. “You can take my spotted dick, darling,” he said; at which Alex alone laughed, out of a remembered habit.
“Anyone for coffee?” said Robin loudly. “Or homegrown borage tea…?”
“Come and sit on my knee,” said Justin, pawing vaguely at Danny’s passing leg.
“I’m a bit busy at the moment, Justin. Doing the clearing up.”MoreLess
Alex gave a slow frowning nod of agreement and when Danny laughed slid a smile at him and held his eye for a second. “Some of us do,” he said.
Justin noticed the contact and then took in Robin’s steady gaze across the table, the turned-down smile that said that he usually indulged him but tonight might side with the others. “I’m an angel when I’m drunk,” said Justin.
It was the end of a long rich dinner, Danny clearing the dishes in the rational way of a train...ed waiter, leaving Justin with his spoiled helping of now cold pudding, which he eyed with baffled alarm, like an emblem of a life he couldn’t recall ordering. “You can take my spotted dick, darling,” he said; at which Alex alone laughed, out of a remembered habit.
“Anyone for coffee?” said Robin loudly. “Or homegrown borage tea…?”
“Come and sit on my knee,” said Justin, pawing vaguely at Danny’s passing leg.
“I’m a bit busy at the moment, Justin. Doing the clearing up.”MoreLess
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