Meet and Greet
Chapter 5

Pointing a fork at Scott, Darryl said proudly, "He worked for the competition."Then he leaned over and planted a wet kiss on his lover's cheek.“I had to call around to find someone who could come out that day to get us back online,and when I did, this is the drop-dead sexy technician they sent to hook us up.The rest is practically something you could've written in one of your On the Job stories. By the time Scotty here was finished working his magic,our computers weren't the only

things up and running in the office, if you know what I mean."

Scott gave Darryl a warm grin."What was that, ten years ago? We've been inseparable ever since. Finally made it legal last year when the state began to allow same-sex marriages."

"This is the real thing,baby."Darryl leaned in again for another kiss, this one landing on Scott's lips.

Kimmy felt a little awkward watching them,so she looked down at her plate instead and rolled another steak and shrimp fajita.The kiss lingered a little too long,in her opinion—you have a guest,hello?she wanted to say,but held her tongue.Had they so easily forgotten about her?When she risked a glance up at them, they were still gazing into each other's eyes.She wondered if she should clear her throat or something. Things were beginning to get a little uncomfortable. Before she could, though, Darryl abruptly slid out of the booth."Bathroom,”he announced."Be right back."Then he disappeared among the crowd.

Kimmy saw Scott look at her and gave him a tight-lipped grin."Sweet story," she said,just to fill the silence between them."A bit long-winded, but it got there eventually."

Without looking away from her,Scott said suddenly, “He reallylikes you,you know.”

She almost choked on a mouthful of food."I'm sorry,what?"

"Darryl."Scott nodded off to the side, as if to indicate the direction in which his partner had gone."I know he can come off a bit strong at first, particularly when he's really excited about something, and ever since he saw you were going to be at this convention,meeting you is all he's been talking about.I was actually starting to get a little jealous.”

Kimmy laughed politely because she thought that was what Scott expected her to do."It's all good.I should've probably expected him to be that way from his emails and all.I mean, they can be pretty intense sometimes, too.I'm just glad he still likes my stories after all this time."

Shifting in the booth, Scott pinned her with his stare."No,I mean...it isn't just your stories anymore."

Her hand stopped in mid-air,her rolled fajita halfway to her mouth. "What do you mean exactly?"

"You two have been emailing each other for years,"Scott pointed out."Somewhere along the way,I don't know, Darryl sort of fell in love with the mind behind the stories.At least,that's how he put it when he told me."

Carefully, Kimmy set her fajita down on the plate."And you're okay with this?"Because I'm not sure I am,she added silently.At Scott's shrug and nod,she asked, “I mean, you're the one who's married to him. You're the one he's supposed to be in love with. Not me."

"We are in love, "Scott assured her."Very much so.It's just okay,two things.One, Darryl is bi.I don't know if you know this or not, but he's had girlfriends in the past.Obviously now he's with me,but that doesn't mean suddenly he's no longer attracted to women. You do know he used to read shipper fic or whatever it's called before he found your fan stuff,right?”

Kimmy had managed to take a bite of her fajita while Scott was talking;now she almost choked before she managed to swallow itdown."Shipper...you're shitting me.”

Shipper had been the term fans used to indicate stories writtenabout a traditional heterosexual relationship between a TV show's two main characters.Kimmy had never been into shipper fic herself, though on the show she wrote about, eventually thewriters had succumbed to it and, by the final season, the male and female agents had hooked up before the show was canceled.Secretly Kimmy always thought that had been the death knell right there,the real reason it was taken off the air.

In her longest fan fic story, Deny Nothing,written years afterthe show had ceased production,she'd simply ignored the finalseason.Her story started early on in the series around season two and involved the male agent and his budding relationship with his male director.That was the relationship which had always interested her most about the show when she'd been watching it.Let the female agent find her own lover.Kimmy wanted to the watch the boys to play.Could no one else see how perfect they were together?

Well, Darryl did.She felt a smug grin tug at her lips as she asked, "So wait, you're telling me I turned him off shipper fic? Usually people find their pairing and stick with it forever.I mean,for.Ever.And shippers are pretty hardcore.If I was the reason he switched sides..."

"What can I say? You must sell it well, "Scott said.

Kimmy's grin turned into a full-blown smirk.She felt quite pleased with herself.

Then she remembered Scott had said there were two things."So he's bi.That doesn't mean you're okay with him being in love with both you and me.And he doesn't even know me.We just met."

"You've been talking online for how long?"Scott asked. "Longer than I've known him. He knows your mind, your writing. The real you. Which is why you're sort of his...how do I put this? Have you ever heard the term free pass before?" Kimmy stared at him for a long moment.She knew what the words meant,who wouldn't? But she couldn't figure out how they pertained to her.“Free pass for what?"

"Like a celebrity free pass,"Scott tried to explain."You know,say you're in a committed relationship, but you and yourpartner have this deal where if you ever get the opportunity to hook up with the celebrity of your dreams,no questions asked,then your partner can't hold it against you and it won't count as cheating because you've already established ahead of time that that celebrity is your free pass."

Kimmy narrowed her eyes as she tried to work through the meaning behind his words.Speaking slowly,she asked again, "To do what?"

Scott's eyes widened and he lowered his voice."To sleep withthem one time,no strings attached. You have one magical night,the celebrity goes back to his or her glamorous life,and your partner can't be mad because it's a free pass. You two already agreed on it.One and done."

"One and done."Slowly she shook her head. “And you two have picked out celebrities already? On the off-chance you meet themsomewhere and they want to fuck you?"

"Well,yeah."

Do you hear yourself when you talk?Kimmy wondered.Instead, against her better judgement, she found herself asking, "Who'd you pick?"

Scott laughed."Same guy,actually.So if Robert Downey Jr.'sever in town, he can take us one at a time or both together,doesn't matter which. Because Darryl and I have the same celebrity crush.Well,guy crush for him.Because he's bi,he also has a woman picked out."

"That hardly seems fair."Kimmy felt her tummy flutter nervously;she thought she knew where this was headed."I mean,to you. Don't tell me it's me." Scott raised an eyebrow suggestively.

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