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Re: Playing with Fire [message #586 is a reply to message #585] Mon, 23 July 2012 21:50 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Dominic adjusted his wig and pursed his lips in front of the bathroom mirror. He only held the pose for a fraction of a second before dissolving into laughter.

"Oh, I look so stupid. Great!"

He walked back into the apartment's lounge and picked Joshua up out of his play-pen. The little boy had smudged his face paint a little; Dominic licked his thumb and scrubbed at a particularly messy part. Joshua scrunched up his nose and tried to push away from his father.

"Ack, give over," Dominic said, before taking the boy in both of his arms and throwing him into the air.

Joshua squealed with delight. Dominic caught him and then hung him upside down, causing more delight. When the boy was pinned down on the sofa and was being tickled mercilessly, he could do nothing more than laugh.

Dominic chuckled as his son's face lit up with joy, and he picked him up again.

"Ready to go to the party, Josh?"

"Wooooooof! Woof-woof!"

"Yes, woof. You make a lovely dog," Dom said, and kissed the boy on his forehead.

The little tail attached to the back of Joshua's puppy costume swished as Dominic picked up the diaper bag, and made his way to the monorail.

***

John and Tyler were posing back-to-back in their identical costumes as Tin-Tin snapped a photo of the two.

"Lovely, boys," she said, and waited for the picture to come up on the camera's screen.

She showed it to the brothers, and Tyler's face broke into a huge grin.

"Cool!" he said. "We look awesome!"

"That we do, Ty," John said.

He was about to open his mouth to speak to Tin-Tin, but something red and shiny flashed in the corner of his eye. He turned around, and immediately felt like his lungs were going to explode.

"What the --" he managed to get out, before he doubled over in laughter.

Dominic was descending down to the pool, carrying Joshua in his arms. That was normal. Nothing else was. The man had donned a long, dark wig, split into two pigtails tied with blue bows. His lips were painted bright red, and he was wearing a knee-length blue gingham dress over a puff-sleeved white t-shirt. On his feet were the items guilty of grabbing John's attention: a pair of sparkling, high-heeled shoes. To top things off, Joshua was dressed as a Scottie dog.

"Hey guys," Dom said as he approached.

"Dude..." Gordon said, walking towards him. "That is...awesome!"

Joshua began to reach for Gordon, and Dominic handed the boy over.

"Thanks, Gordon."

"No problem, Dorothy."

Dominic smiled and made his way to the drinks table. He smiled and waved at the dropped jaws and laughter that accompanied him. Awesome. Callie came over and poured herself a drink.

"Dom -- Dorothy. You're ridiculously good on those heels."

Dominic had to take a moment to take in Callie in her costume, and he nodded appreciatively.

"Nice one, Callie. You're gorgeous."

"Thanks!" she said.

She waited for a few moments as Dom ignored her comment, before she coughed significantly.

"The heels?"

"Hmm? Oh. I was part of a charity drag act in university. We performed quite frequently, especially for the Freshers at the start of the year. Believe me, I've walked in higher than these!"

Callie laughed and shook her head.

"I get the feeling there's a lot I don't know about you," she said.

"I get the feeling that you're right," Dom replied.

He held his glass up in a toast, and the pink pirate tapped hers against his.

"Who's that dark-haired guy standing with Dr Tracy?" Dom asked.

"Are you serious? That's Mr Tracy!" Callie said.

Dom's head swung between Jeff and Callie, before he downed the rest of his punch.

"Whoa. I've got to go over and sleg him."

"Sleg?" Callie asked.

"Make fun of, in a nice way," Dom answered, before walking towards the man and his wife.

Dom plainclothes heartbeat Luke plainclothes

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