Holiday Havoc (Reckless Bastards MC 7)

“I was so close,” she whispered and shimmied down my body with a bit more friction than was necessary.

“I know. I felt how close you were,” I told her and slipped my slick middle finger between my lips, making her gasp. “Later we’ll talk more about this Halloween for adults.”

She laughed and stepped back, smoothing down her hair and then her outfit and readjusting her glasses. “You, husband, have a one track mind.”

“And you, wife, turn me into a dirty old man.”

Jana’s smile softened and she did that sexy little head tilt thing that women did when they were impressed. Or turned on. “I like you dirty.” Without another word, Jana left and I stood in the middle of our makeshift room, because we were still on fucking lockdown, wearing a goddamn superhero costume with a fucking hardon.

Great.

Good thing I didn’t have to wear it for too long and the truth was, I didn’t give a damn what the guys said or thought about it. They’d give me a hard time but Charlie and Jameson would go nuts over it and that was all that mattered. Besides, I didn’t think my wife was the only one to have this bright idea. It felt a lot like a conspiracy from the women.

I stepped into the main clubhouse room, all decked out with carved pumpkins that held LED lights because we couldn’t have candles around all the kids, paper skeletons, ghosts and witches, it looked like Halloween had thrown up all over the place. The bar, the pool tables and even the Mayhem skull that hung above the bar had been done up to celebrate the holiday. “Holy shit.”

“Right?” Teddy stopped beside me and rested her forearm on my shoulder. “We made this place look like a Halloween heaven for the kiddies. You’d never be able to tell this was a place where badass bikers did very serious biker business.”

I cocked a brow at her, barely holding in my laugh. “You get weirder every year,” I told her seriously.

“Thanks, Max.” She pressed up on her toes and kissed my cheek with a laugh. “Jana is gonna eat you alive in that damn thing.”

I watched Teddy walk away before heading to the bar to join…the rest of the superheroes. “Glad to see I’m not the only sucker around.” Each and every one of the guys was dressed up like a superhero and I couldn’t help but laugh.

Golden Boy shrugged, as relaxed as I’d seen him in a long time. Being a family man had done wonders for him, but I knew Teddy was most responsible. “Haven’t you seen how Teddy gets whenever Thor comes on Netflix?”

Savior laughed and clapped Golden Boy’s back. “Shit doesn’t come on Netflix asshole. You have to put it on.”

My brother shrugged and took a long pull of his beer. “What do I know? I’m not the computer expert, that’s the Black Panther over there.” He nodded in Jag’s direction, who was dressed up like a more lethal version of the character with a sexy and equally crazy looking Harley Quinn at his side.

“Nice costume,” I told Jag with a wide grin.

“Thanks. Harley loves it.” He grinned and turned to Vivi, smacking a loud kiss on her lips.

Savior groaned, tugging on the collar of his Captain America uniform. “Why the fuck did I have to dress up? I don’t even have any kids.”

“Because the kids love the Captain,” Cross told him, looking pleased with himself in his Batman uniform. “Smile and look like you’re superheroes and not villains.”

The men all dispersed but I stayed at the bar and grabbed a shot and a beer. The place looked like a little kid’s Halloween party and even though it went against everything the Reckless Bastards was, I couldn’t find it in me to give a goddamn. Charlie was giggling up a storm as he stood next to Cross looking like his own little miniaturized version of his favorite superhero. And Jameson was dressed, of course, just like a bottle of Jana’s favorite Irish Whiskey. He was giggling so hard he shook in Jana’s arms while Rocky pretended to drink him.

How the hell things could be so normal when two of our brothers were missing? I had no fucking clue but I was eternally grateful to the women for keeping life as normal as possible for all the little ones we now had.

“Penny for your thoughts,” Vivi said, hip cocked against a stool as she stole my beer.

“Just thinkin’ about how good it is to see everyone laughing and smiling in the midst of all this bullshit.”

“No kidding. Kids bounce back easily when they’re young.” She said the words with the weight of someone who knew them personally. “Nice costume, by the way.”

“Yeah, thanks. The things we do for love.”

“And sex,” she added with a snort.

My phone buzzed inside the little pocket at my hip and I struggled to get the damn thing out. “Motherfucker!”

Vivi laugh beside me. “Need some help?”

“No, I got it!” I knew I was being an asshole but the damn thing was so fucking tight. I looked at the screen and groaned. “All that and it’s a wrong fucking number.”

I was about to reject the call up when Vivi snatched the phone from my hand. “Two missing dudes and a cartel nut remember?” She was right and I nodded.