OUTLAW

Chapter 14

"What in the hell did you think you were trying to do, Sam?" Tim scolds as he walks into the small doctor's office.

"Hello there, Timmy." The old cowboy chuckles as the outlaw's concern. 

"Don't hello Timmy me. You know your ass is too old to be up on a f*cking ladder." Tim continues to fuss.

"There was a piece of tin came loose on the roof. I needed to fix it." Sam shrugs.

"It couldn't have waited until we got home?" Tim asks, raising his brows. He also noticed a strange look that Lilly gave her husband.

Lilly smiles to herself at Tim calling their house home.

"Didn't want no critters crawling in through the roof." Sam shrugs again.

"You risk your life because of a raccoon?" Adam asks.

"Who do you think did all the repairs before you boys came along?" Sam argues.

"From the looks of the place? No one." Tim sasses.

"So, how bad was it broken? And how long is he going to have to wear that?" Chance asks as he points to the splint the doctor had put on Sam's leg.

"Oh, he'll be laid up for at least six weeks." The old doctor answers, laying his glasses aside. "As long as he takes it easy."

"We'll make sure he does." Lilly says as she gives Sam a 'no arguing' look.

"And the young man is right, Sam. You need to keep your ass off the ladders from now on." The old doc says with a nod.

"When are you boys coming home?" Lilly asks as she hands Sam the crutches the doctor had provided.

"Well, considering Adam and I just blew our place to stay, I guess we'll be coming home today." Tim sighs.

"What do you mean by, blew your place to stay?" Sam asks raising up and reaching for the crutches.

"Seems as though not everyone welcomes homosexuals in this town." Adam says. "And that includes the old man that runs the hotel."

"I rented a room and slipped them in through the back alley so they would have a place to stay." Chance explains. 

"When we got the news about you being brought in, the old b*stard seen us leaving." Tim says with a shrug of his shoulders.

"I could really use the help with Sam." Lilly says with pleading eyes.

Tim turns his eyes meeting the blue eyes of his boyfriend. He knew that Adam had his heart set on going to the theater.

"We can always come back when he's back on his feet." Adam says with a soft smile. "The theater isn't going anywhere." He seemed to have read his lover's thoughts.

"Are you sure?" Tim asks softly.

"Positive. Lilly needs our help." Adam smiles.

"Chance, I guess Adam and I will be heading back with them. You guys stay but stay out of trouble." Tim says.

"I really hate this, Tim. You boys were supposed to come here and let off a little steam." Sam says as Tim and Adam help him into the wagon.

"Our reason for coming was to separate for a while. I haven't seen Austin and Nate since we've arrived and only chatted with Rob once or twice. I had a good bottle of whiskey, Adam won a lot of money playing a few poker hands and the best part of all was that Adam and I had sex in a real bed without the guys hearing us." Tim says with a chuckle.