The atmosphere was so thick you could cut it with a knife and yet looking at the four older men at the table you could tell why; the smiles were so false a plastic surgeon couldn’t have done worse and their words were said with such injected sweetness that Cody was surprised their teeth weren’t falling out with each word they spoke. It ended up so ( Read more... )

It took a while for him to get an answer and when he did, it was Ted and he sounded grumpy. Randy checked his watch and winced a little; he probably should have done that part first.

“Did I interrupt something?” he asked sweetly.

“Yeah, me sleeping.” Ted’s voice faded out and Randy heard him mumbling something, probably telling Cody what was going ( Read more... )

House shows could oftentimes be an excuse to have some fun; some of the wrestlers would interact in different ways with the audience than when they were on television, telling jokes or breaking into song (not that Randy had ever done that, just in case he helped to prove the rumours that he was unable to hit a note true, he wasn’t going to publicly ( Read more... )

For a few moments John wanted to laugh but at seeing Evan’s rather earnest expression, one that said ‘yeah, I’m lame but I’d rather you didn’t call me on it’. And honestly, John wasn’t at all sure that it was lame - he’d been known to do similar things to feel Randy’s presence, although he usually went with stealing his deodorant.

“Your idea or ( Read more... )

In spite of the talk being flirtatious and with constant references to sex, the two of them didn’t have sex that night. Instead they lay together joking and studiously trying to avoid discussing anything too heavy. They would have to talk about it sometime, they both knew it, but that night they’d had enough. And John thought that it was far better ( Read more... )

“Are you not ready?” Shawn mocked back and Ted bristled slightly; he didn’t like it one bit when people talked down to Cody, and even though he knew Cody was more than capable of standing up for himself it didn’t stop him from wanting to defend him regardless. “We’re more than capable of making our team look good,” Cody responded with confidence ( Read more... )

“Hi,” said the guy nervously. “Uh, Vince wants a stare-down with you and Cena on your way to the ring.”

He wasn’t trying to get Randy to go anywhere or bring bad news, so Randy humoured him a little. “He say anything else?”

“You and Cody and Ted are to go out there together. Before we go to break, we’re gonna show you three walking to the gorilla ( Read more... )

They went through the drive-in, spending a lot of money in spite of Ted’s protests and then driving to a somewhat more secluded spot to eat. It was a rare thing that any of them allowed themselves to break their strict diets in such a fashion and there was a lot of light-hearted banter between them as they unwrapped their meals, Cody all but ( Read more... )

He and Ted walked out of the building and stopped a moment while Randy pulled out his cigarettes. Ted shot him a disapproving look as he lit up. “Those things’ll kill you.”

“Something’s got to.” Randy hesitated a moment. He never went to Cody or Ted with personal things as a rule, he’d rather work it out for himself, but much as he hated to admit it ( Read more... )

It was overwhelming, emotionally that was, not physically, though that was certainly nothing to scoff at. Randy’s hands clasped against John’s back and shoulder, alternately, his fingers seeming greedy to trace as much sweaty, hot, undulating muscle as he possibly could. John’s own hands were far from idle and each place the other touched or kissed ( Read more... )