He leaned across the precarious inches between them and touched his lips to hers: gently, unassuming. A little gurgle sighed in her throat, and she slowly pressed more firmly, and then drew back. She met his eyes again, smiled, and glanced down with a nervous cough. Mark knew his face was betray...
Along with their guests-two flabby, pasty couples from Connecticut, the Vernons (Jeb and Anna) and the Greenes (Alex and Jackie)-around the table, they raised their pale beers and cheered as they bestowed the name upon him. His face turned red and said nothing; just bowed his newly-buzzed head-ea...