Waiting for Luke's response was agony, but Eddy needed the answer more than he needed to protect himself from heartbreak. The worst that Luke could do was say 'no thanks' and leave (and maybe sell Eddy's location to the highest bidder, but Eddy's dealt with the paparazzi before), and the best thing that could happen was that he'd say yes. What Eddy actually got was neither, just a sweet kiss on his sweaty cheek, but that must have been good. It certainly felt good.<br/><br/>Eddy's heart thudded with excitement, not yet daring to assign meaning until Luke confirmed that he wanted the same thing. What 'more than an acquaintance' meant hadnt been specified yet, but it was a start. A wonderful, terrifying start.<br/><br/>Eddy smiled, bashful and smitten as he brushed at his cheek where Luke's lips had touched, thumb scraping at his beard.<br/><br/>"I have an ex-husband kicking around somewhere," Eddy offered in response to the joke. It wasnt much of a secret, it would show up rather quickly if Luke googled him.<br/><br/>This ex was also the leading cause of Eddy's issues with trust. Thanks to him, Eddy's entire life up to his 30s had been published to the general public. In revenge for being caught cheating and having signed a pre-nup which meant he got nothing in the divorce, the bastard had written an autobiography titled<i>Married to Yeoman: Man of Stone.</i><br/><br/>It was 572 pages of every intimate secret Eddy had ever shared with the man, including his abandonment by his parents, his struggles with being homosexual in a tiny midwestern town, his mimaws battle with cancer, prostituting himself while homeless, and the death of many friends during the AIDS epidemic.<br/><br/>Of course Eddy had sued the fucker within an inch of his life and got the publishers to cease production, but there were still copies of the book out there in the world and on the internet. And once on the internet, it could never be erased.<br/><br/>Luke could find it all if he really wanted to.<br/><br/>"Its really hot tonight and I dont think anyone else is gonna drop by," Eddy said, wanting to shelf that tricky subject for later, "why dont we go up to my apartment and you can ask me all the questions you want? That sound fair?"