Bound to My Human Mates...Book 6 Of The Silver Moon Shifter Series

17. Gaelen

Colton Underwood ^^ as Dallas and he is an NFL player and he is openly gay. His show on Netflix Coming Out Colton is wonderful and that's how I got his story for my character Dallas! Enjoy!

You may think I fucked up my life in the worst way possible eight years ago but after I rejected Ryker I left town that night and didn't keep in touch with anyone from back there in New Orleans.

My parents were away working as usual and Jamie was too worried about Ryker to even care about what it was doing to me or how I felt. So I left and stayed in shelters but kept up with school and graduated, and applied to college in Florida, away from anyone who could possibly know Ryker or anyone in his whole big ass family.

I could be myself here, date who I wanted without the fear of my parents finding out I liked dick and love getting fucked. Being in the closet to them is for my own good and yea I know I'm twenty-four years old and shouldn't be scared of my parents finding out I'm gay but they mean the world to me. I don't want to disappoint them or let them down.

They gave me a wonderful life and being older I understand more now than when I was a kid. I understand the sacrifices they made and understand they only did what was best for me.

Mated to anyone as if it's my path to follow isn't what I want at this time in my life. I decide my fate and Ryker at the moment isn't part of my path I follow on my own. Maybe that makes me a dick but you know what, who cares? I know his family has bonds with people who aren't their destined mate so Ryker can do the same if he wants a mate that badly.

I play football for my school and I have a chance of being drafted to the NFL so staying in the closet is my best option. Being a gay football player is unheard of, even though Caleb clearly didn't care about what people thought but that's also in soccer, football is much worse. He had the one thing I don't and that's the support from his parents. He could be openly gay and be happy, whereas I would be miserable and feel completely alone.

"Hey Stokes, you good man?" A fellow teammate, Dallas asked as he sat next to me on the bench. We just got out of a three hour long practice and all I wanted to do was shower and go out for a few hours.

"Yes I'm good, why?" I asked with a raised brow because he isn't one to ask questions like that.

"I don't know you just seem off these past few weeks and I kinda feel like we're at the point in our friendship that I want to check up on you with other shit besides football." He smiled and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Thanks but I'm ok. Just want to shower and go out."

"Where you gonna go?" He asked as I grabbed my clothes for after my shower. I can't tell him I'm heading to one of the many gay clubs around, I can't ever tell anyone that.

"To eat and a club." I gave a vague answer and he chuckled at my reply.

"Cool, can I tag along? The other guys all have plans and it is Friday night and I'm free." He asked and I thought about it for a minute. I can go to a straight club, I have been with a few women so I know how to act around them without raising suspension.

"Ok that sounds fun. Let's shower though and head out, I'm hungry." I laughed as he held his nose.

"And stink but so do I." We went into the showers and after fifteen minutes, I was out and so was he.

I couldn't take my eyes off of him as his towel was hanging low on his hips, his beautiful chest with light hair that I want to touch, his eight pack abs were on full display and that very defined V line was a sin in itself disappearing into I'm sure his rather impressive package.

I snapped my head up when I heard a locker shut and quickly got dressed before he could catch me checking him out.

"You're kinda cute looking off into space like that." Dallas mentions casually as he throws his bag over his shoulder.