from here. They’re not even here as part of Sean’s team. They’re just some of his old friends who happened to swing by. I tried to get them to check their cameras into the lobby, but they told me they were too expensive to leave them with the front desk.” Eddie then shot the camera people an annoyed look before he returned his attention back to us. “Anyway, how have things been going with you two? Got cabin fever yet?”
“No. No cabin fever,” I replied. “And in maybe two more weeks, we’ll be done renovating the cabin, completely.”
“Oh? You guys are finally finishing up with the cabin?” Sean chimed into the conversation as he wrapped an arm around Eddie’s waist. “Good. I was worried it would never be finished.”
“Did you guys manage to take care of that tree branch that fell through the bedroom ceiling?” Eddie asked. “Because it looked like a doozy, at least, the last time we were up there.”
“We took care of it.” Jack nodded. “And we managed to leave a lot of Parker’s design choices intact, too.”
“Do you mind if we come up the hill to visit sometime?” Sean asked. “This might sound kind of strange, especially since you live there full-time now, but that cabin means a lot to Eddie and me and I think it’d be nice to go back.”
“Sure. You’re free to visit, anytime you like.” I offered. “Just give us a heads up before you come over, to make sure one of us is at home so we can let you in. We wouldn’t want one of the kids we have working on the property spot you through the windows and think it’s a Goldilocks situation, like you’re trying to sleep in our beds or whatever.”
Eddie quietly chuckled bringing his hand up to cover the sound. Sean soon joined in his chuckling too, his laughter obvious even as he tried to hide it in a kiss he placed on the side of Eddie’s forehead.
“What’s so funny?” I quirked an eyebrow at them both.
“Nothing, it’s just… nothing.” Eddie tried and failed to regain his composure. “It’s nothing.”
“Wait. Did you two—” I started to ask as I shook my head back and forth. “When you were at the cabin, is that when you two first hooked up—”
“Look! The fireworks are starting!” Eddie pointed toward the sky, a burst of color emanating from between the clouds.
“Oh. Wow. Look at that…” Sean seemed to marvel at the sight too, his grip on Eddie getting even tighter. “Those look beautiful, baby. You made a good call.”
“Told you I was right about the fireworks.” Eddie grinned before he leaned his head against Sean’s shoulder.
“Yeah. I guess I can’t be right about everything,” Sean murmured with a sense of tenderness in his tone.
“I think Sean and Eddie hooked up at the cabin.” I grimaced, looking over at Jack.
And Jack burst out into a riotous laugh, perfectly timed with another round of fireworks bursting into the sky above.
“Hold still,” I instructed, my fingers shifting up to Jack’s tie. “I just need to fix this, really quick. I swear, if Parker sees even a piece of fabric out of place today, he’s going to burn the whole place down.”
Jack and I were standing in one of the myriad of dressing rooms at Parker’s wedding venue, a defunct fire station that hadn’t been used as a fire station for the last hundred years. The fire station used to be one of the biggest stations on this side of the country, until the city was divided up into smaller zones, over time.
And now, it was a popular pick for pricier weddings, the rates listed online almost making my eyes pop right out of my head. Although, I couldn’t deny that the prices matched the ambiance of the place, with its silver-laced, vaulted ceilings, its flowers and vines twisted onto every possible banister, the marble floor that reflected the sunlight beaming in from each oversized, stained-glass window.
The fire station had truly been repurposed into something beautiful, something that made me feel like I was standing somewhere special and sacred, even though I was just another wedding guest.
“That’d be kind of funny, though, right?” Jack smiled. “A firefighter burning something down? Even funnier that he’d be burning down an old fire station—”
“Yeah, right. It’s all fun and games until you see the smoke,” I murmured as I finished fixing Jack’s tie. “There. Try to make sure it stays in place, even when you’re taking the