Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work-in-progress or published or a recommendation of someone else’s work with at least one LGBT character. Posted at Rainbow Snippets here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974

The idea for this story came from a picture on a You Tube video from “Nemo’s Dreamscapes,” which are largely nostalgic scenes of White, Cisgender America accompanying a music playlist. Nonetheless, they are fun and sometimes sweet and romantic. The set up to this one was a picture of a young couple sitting on a front porch in the evening, drinking coffee at a vacation cabin by a lake. The setup read: “1949, sitting on a porch on a Summer night (Oldies playing in another room, crickets.)”

So here’s snippets from my story “On The Front Porch.” https://authorjeffbaker.com/2024/01/19/sit-on-the-front-porch-by-the-lake-for-friday-flash-fics-by-jeff-baker-january-19th-2024/

The music was playing soft and the radio and Doug was sitting on the front porch of his family’s lakeside cabin, watching the Moon reflect in the water when Scotty bounded up the steps.

“I got your message,” Scotty said. “Are you okay?”

Doug smiled, as usual, Scotty looked good in slacks, brown shoes and the white button down shirt with no tie. The shirt was sweaty; he’d run from his folks’ cabin nearby.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” Doug said. “Just that Mom and Dad and Janie left this afternoon. I’m taking off in my roadster in a couple of days. So we got the cabin to ourselves for a day or so.”

A little over the six lines, but here’s a little more…

“Right now, I want you beside me on this bench, looking at the Moon, the lake, the stars, listening to the romantic music on the radio.” Doug paused. “We can hold hands.”

“Sure,” Scotty said, sitting down. He glanced around and kissed Doug on the cheek. Doug squeezed his hand as they settled down on the bench; the radio playing a fake Spanish romantic song.

“This is nice…” Scotty said.

Yes, it is, Scotty. I usually don’t do spoilers for any story here (or anywhere, for that matter!) but readers will be happy to know that Doug and Scotty get a happy ending!

And here’s a link to Nemo’s Dreamscapes. I have dozed to these playlists many times! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITcnr6T_8hk&t=5623s

Next week: Something borrowed and something Blue. Till then—–jeff