Peter didn’t know where this “thing” was going but he knew he had to get George out of it before it was too late. He was like a shadow, attached to Peter at all times, trailing along beside him like a whelp. Sooner or later someone would see, the press would be onto them like wasps swarming in the heat of summer, ready to attack and destroy them ( Read more... )

It was breaking apart again, and this time he wasn’t sure if he should try to stop it. Things were so different now…the kisses which had first been treacherous and illicit were now tame and familiar. George had once been fascinating to him. All bright eyes and crooked smile, like he had something to hide…some secret buried deep inside. The first ( Read more... )

From what Peter could tell, it had begun a short while after they had returned from Corfu. George glancing at him across crowded rooms, when they passed each other in old long corridors, in the house of commons…it was a glance Peter recognised and one he knew well enough from experience. It was harmless enough, so he let George have his little ( Read more... )

In hindsight, Peter could see that things hadn’t quite gone as planned. At all. He was a man with a temper and with little tolerance and this combined had ruined everything. Well and truly. Fucked things right the way up, as George would have said. Peter grimaced a little at the thought of George, and finished off his glass of wine. He had a mess ( Read more... )

The door slammed with such a force Peter vaguely wondered if the hinges would need replacing. The thought was cut off however, by the sight of George rushing past the living room, throwing his briefcase down onto the floor with a thump, and rushing upstairs, his footsteps heavy and loud. Peter returned his eyes to the paperback in his hands after a ( Read more... )

Peter felt incredibly pleased with himself. He had spent the best part of the day coming up with a plan and here it was in front of him in all its evil glory…on the screen of his small sleek blackberry, ready to be let off into the world. In fact, if he was perfectly honest with himself, he’d never felt this pleased in a very very long time, if not ( Read more... )