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Rainbow Snippet June 18-19

6/18/2016

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It's weekend and time for Rainbow Snippets! The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your tbr. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character will identify as LGBTQ+.

My snippet comes from The Scholar's Heart again this weekend. In this snippet (which is a little long--I'm sorry! I'll follow the six sentence rule next time!), Etan is going to pay his respects to Tristan after his wife dies, making for an awkward moment better the estranged friends.
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They filed past the coffin on their way to pay their respects to Tristan. The woman lying there had been undeniably pretty in life. Etan didn’t know much else about her. In the months they had been married, Etan had done his best to spend as little time with Tristan, with or without his wife, as he could. Self-preservation on his part, giving himself the time to get over his grief and put away his love for Tristan. He hadn’t managed to get over all the hurt yet. And now she was dead. As much as he wished Tristan hadn’t married at all, as much as he wished Tristan returned the feelings Etan had had for him, he never would have wanted that for this poor woman. Etan’s unrequited feelings, his grief, hadn’t been her fault. 

And he felt wrong standing at her coffin with her mourners after doing his best to avoid her for so long. 

“Etan.” 

Tristan’s voice brought Etan out of his thoughts. The musical quality was muted now, but his voice still made Etan’s insides swoop around dizzyingly. As it always had. He ruthlessly ignored the feeling. 

“Tristan, I’m very sorry for your loss.”

Tristan nodded. “Thank you for coming.”

The words were stiff, formal, completely different from the words they used to exchange back before Tristan had married. Back when they had been close friends and Etan had reason to hope for more someday.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you all have a lovely weekend!
14 Comments
Anne Barwell link
6/18/2016 02:55:31 pm

I can feel their emotions just in that snippet. Poor guys.

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Antonia Aquilante
6/20/2016 11:11:40 am

They have a lot to work through before they get their HEA. Thanks for reading!

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Layla Dorine
6/18/2016 03:19:44 pm

Is enough to make one wonder if there will be a chance for them now that Tristan is widowed. I hope so. He'll need some happiness after the loss he's suffered.

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Antonia Aquilante
6/20/2016 11:13:00 am

There is. They just need to work through some things before they can get there. Thanks for reading!

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Dale Lowry link
6/19/2016 07:49:41 am

What an evocative snippet. I feel like I already know the characters, and in so few words!

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Antonia Aquilante
6/20/2016 11:13:26 am

Thank you, Dale!

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K.S. Trenten
6/19/2016 08:46:43 am

Tristan hasn't lost his ability to kick poor Etan in the gut...for all Etan has tried to put some distance between them.

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Antonia Aquilante
6/20/2016 11:14:24 am

Tristan isn't doing it maliciously. He just really doesn't get it yet, but he will. Thanks for reading!

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P.T Wyant link
6/19/2016 11:08:58 am

You're breaking my heart!

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Antonia Aquilante
6/20/2016 11:15:27 am

It broke my heart to write it! But there's happy coming for these two. They just have to work through some stuff to get there. Thanks for reading!

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Addison Albright link
6/19/2016 05:04:07 pm

Gut wrenching emotions. Etan has a lot to work through--and so does Tristan, I'm sure!

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Antonia Aquilante
6/20/2016 11:16:06 am

They absolutely do, but they'll get there. Thanks for reading!

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Jana Denardo
6/19/2016 09:40:07 pm

Poor Etan his sorrow and guilt come through so well here.

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Antonia Aquilante
6/20/2016 11:16:50 am

Thank you, Jana!

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