Will Chandler/Sonny Pruitt character study
Shirt open, long bent over the hood of his truck, Will was comfortably sat on the big front wheel. He was not typically the one for manual labor, taking Sonnyâs broadness to advantage. Heâd sit back and admire the sweat-slicked grease-covered view, blonde fringe all in his eyes. Today was not the day, and now the roles were reversed.
Heâd done enough life-risking this past week, and craved the gentle domesticity of being on the road with Sonny. Tall, dark, handsome Sonny. So, he offered to fix the minute issues with the truck while Sonny sat and took a much needed break. He sat on a block of wood with his coffee in his thermos, taking conservative sips. Now, blonde fringe still in his eyes, Will was the one sweat-slicked and grease-covered.
âYouâre way too smug about this,â he huffed, wiping his dirtied hands with a nearby rag. Sonny managed a shrug, his head comfortably lolling to one side.
âYouâre the one that offered,â Sonny responded. Will waved a dismissive hand at him. Heâd gotten the short end of the eyesight stick, having blue eyes and blonde eyelashes, on top of a constant cigar smoking. He avoided sunlight like the plague, his eyes sensitive to nearly everything around them.
âShoulda gotten some sunglasses, I knew it,â he complained, wiping at his forehead.
âI told you to get some, babe, I really did,â Sonny shrugged, digging into the bag beside him. He tossed a pair of sunglasses to his partner, who made an exasperated noise and perched them on his nose. âLosing all that smoke would sure help your beinâ able to see.â
âYap, yap, yap,â Will huffed in response, jumping down from the wheel. âLose my cigars? Youâre crazy.â He stepped toward Sonny, gesturing at the canteen by his bag. âHand me that, would you?â And Sonny obliged, tossing it up to the blonde. Sweat drilled down the crevices of Willâs face, pooling in areas and dripping down others.
âWorkinâ hard?â Sonny took another sip of his coffee.
âHardly workinâ,â Will responded, ever playfully tossing his wrench to Sonny, who caught it without flinching. His eyes never left Willâs, though, fixated on looking at the blonde in front of him.
âYou get finer every day, you know that?â His voice softened as he sat up, and Will put his hands on his hips.
âFlattery gets you nowhere, Sonny Pruitt,â he teased, finally shedding himself of his open shirt. Sonny blew out gently, not trying to hide where his eyes landed, the sweaty abdomen of his loverboy.
âSeduction will get you nowhere, William Chandler,â Sonny responded.