Chapter fifty Final Race
Chapter fifty
Final Race
That kind of enthusiasm had Princeton begging him to come back to their team, but Davey only laughed at them.
Maybe they had released Stewart from his contract early hoping to get Davey back on the team, or maybe they were afraid of Apex's lawyers.
Their reasons didn't matter. Dropping Davey from the team for being gay simply could not be forgiven, no matter what else Princeton did.
They were satisfied with Apex and the contract they had.
With one more year to fulfill, everyone looked forward to the next season, but there was also a lot of talk about what they would all do after that.
Davey wanted to retire, but he couldn't stand the thought of leaving Supercross and Tyler couldn't even think about retiring.
His career had just been launched. Tyler wanted to run a team, but if Davey retired, who would hire him on?
He hoped he'd earned some respect despite his sexuality, but Apex had made sure they rubbed their relationship in everyone's faces.
Tyler knew that made some people resentful, though he still didn't understand why anyone would give a damn about their personal sex life.
Inevitably, they would get questions from press and fans, but mostly they ignored those kinds of questions. The main topic now was the wedding.
Tyler watched and cheered as Davey flew over the final jump, pumping his arm in the air.
Tyler dashed around to the other side of the track to meet Davey at the podium.
By the time he got there, Davey already had a headset on, answering questions.
Two track girls were popping a bottle of champagne open and spraying it everywhere.
When Davey saw Tyler walk up, he lunged forward and pulled Tyler up to the podium with him.
"I love you, Ty!" he said, wrapping his arms around Tyler's shoulders.
Davey was sweaty and smelled musky and dirty and a little like motor oil.
For some reason, Tyler especially liked that, and he leaned into Davey and looked up to meet his fierce gaze.
Davey leaned down and pressed his lips to Tyler's, shoving his tongue in his mouth and giving him an excited, passionate kiss.
Tyler gave back what he felt from Davey.
Behind them press, fans, riders, mechanics, and other crew team members hooted and hollered.
Everything in the world seemed right and good. Tyler had never been happier.
Davey nuzzled under his ear and whispered, "Apex is just going to love that."
Tyler chuckled. "I know I sure did."