Imago, Tome 2 : Imagines
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- N. R. Walker (Écrivain)
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“Are you nervous?”
“No.”
“Why aren’t you nervous?”
“Because I’m not.”
“How can you not be?”
I snorted. We were in the backseat of a cab, having just arrived in Melbourne, on our way to his parents’ house. “Lawson, I’m completely fine. You, on the other hand, seem to be very worried. Is that something I should be worried about?”
“No, of course not. It’s just that…”
“It’s just what?”
“Well, I’ve not taken anyone home to meet my family before.”
Oh. “Are you worried they won’t approve of me?”
His eyes went wide, horrified. “Oh, good gracious, no. They’ll love you, I’m sure of it.”
“Then what’s the problem?” But as I asked this question, it dawned on me what the answer was. “You’re worried about what they’ll see in you.”
Lawson opened his mouth, promptly shut it again, then sighed dramatically, and I knew I was right. “You don’t understand. I’ve never been with anyone… I care deeply for in their company. I don’t know how to act accordingly. Mackellar and Paterson never had such problems, of course. Their partners are lovely, but they’re very… heteronormative. If you know what I mean.”
He was so endearing. “Lawson, they know you’re gay, right?”
“Yes, of course.”
“And you told them we’re together?”
His eyebrows knitted. “Yes, you know I have. You’ve spoken to my mother on the phone.”
“Exactly. So you have nothing to hide and nothing to worry about. I’m not about to grope you in front of your parents. We don’t have to hold hands or anything. We can even sit at opposite ends of the house if that’s what you’re worried about.”
He cringed. “Would you be offended?”
“Not at all.”
He scrubbed his hands over his face, then patted down his hair. Something I noticed he did when he was nervous or flustered. “Maybe my worries are unfounded. And completely my own. I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said anything.”
I took his hand and kissed his palm. “Lawson. I’m sure it’ll be fine.” The truth was, I had no idea if it would be fine or not. They were, after all, geniuses in their chosen medical fields, and I was, well, not as educated as them. But I loved Lawson, and that was all I had to offer. If that wasn’t enough, then that said more about them than it did about me.
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Jack Brighton and Lawson Gale have been together for six months and are very much in love. Lawson’s work ensuring the survival of the Tillman Copper is as demanding as ever, and Jack’s work with the regeneration of the bushfire-ravaged national park is just as hectic.
When Jack suggests they take a short trip, Lawson agrees. But then he is offered a two-week research position in tropical Queensland to help determine why the Ulysses butterfly is on the decline. Figuring they could combine work and pleasure, Jack and Lawson go on their first vacation together.
Working alongside renowned professor Piers Bonfils isn’t easy. But personal and professional differences aside, Lawson is offered a more permanent role in Queensland. Torn between his new life in Tasmania with Jack and a dying species of butterfly he feels compelled to save, Lawson has to decide where his fate lies.
But fate changes the rules. On a research expedition into the depths of the rainforest, suddenly it's not only the butterflies’ existence that hangs in the balance.
A butterfly’s life cycle never changes. From larvae to imago, their course is plotted by design. Jack and Lawson need to determine where they stand, if they live through it. Because the only thing more incredible than one imago is two.
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