Richard Macgee

Horse trainer for the Verger estate

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow -see that look in your eyes...those words on your lips.

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow -confused, Ethan. Everything was going so well last night and then I had to ruin it and make it physical. It killed me to-

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow *Turning around slowly, Richard met his young love's eyes. They were haunted and tired.* I don't want you to leave. But I'm-

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow - I love you too, and I fucked up. And I'm sorry. I'll never, ever happen again.

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow -I'll get your glasses and you can head back up to the house. *He started toward the stock room and stopped.*-

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow -lets go of him again, remembering his words from the night before.* I'm sorry! You looked about to pass out. Here, sit? -

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow *Richard reacts without thinking as he sees Ethan start to fall over and is on his feet to grab him. As soon as he does, he-

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow -until after you stormed out. I would have brought them to the house, but figured you needed your space.

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow *Richard sighs and goes back to rubbing oil on leather.* I put your glasses in the tack room. They're fine. Didn't see them-

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow *Richard looks up and swallows, wishing his throat hadn't gone thick.* Yeah?

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow -one bridle after another. An open bottle of Jack Daniels sat beside him.*

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow perhaps be pushed onto the animals who didn't deserve it. Instead he was in the barn cleaning tack, oiling the leather of-

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow *Richard had decided he was in no condition to work with the horses. He was in a foul mood, and he didn't want his mood to-

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow He breathed out slow.* If you want to, Ethan. Otherwise I can handle it today.

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow looked back over his shoulder at the horses. In truth, he didn't have any desire to train them today, but a job was a job.~

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow *The request confused Richard, because he figured Ethan would stay far away from him now. Scratching his day old beard, he~

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow throat.* Ethan? You forgot your glasses here last night. At the barn. *He adds the last to throw Mason off.*

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow read him, but he's certainly more aloof and Richard's hopes for making up are dashed. when he gets a chance, he clears his~

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow cheerfully talking to him with no hint of an issue, so Richard relaxes enough to spare a glance over to Ethan. It's hard to ~

[Richard Macgee @RompInTheHay]

@ImInTheShadow *When he first sees Mason and Ethan approaching together, he just about has a heart attack. Moments later, Mason is ~