Page 111 of The Bartender Special

And, he said it with a grin on.

“You're a lot of things, Benny De Carlo, but pathetic isn't one of them.” Jack put his hand over one of Benny’s and patted it slow. “Also, not for nothing, I climbed through a window last night myself. So, who am I to judge?”

The top of Benny's hair shifted against his again. Jack was disappointed that he couldn’t see his eyes.

“If I remember right, you managed that task pretty well.”

Jack snorted.

“Only because you let me in first,” he pointed out. “If you hadn’t unlocked it, I’d still be standing there, holding that weirdly fun salve.”

Had pre-boat Benny been the man on his shoulders, Jack thought he might have tried to double down on his clumsiness. Instead, post-jumping into the water Benny caught him by surprise.

An understatement, considering their current situation.

“Does that mean I can also get something aloe-based for my trouble later? It would definitely make this more of a bearable experience.”

And, just like that, the anxiousness Jack had been feeling since he’d left Benny’s that morning eased right on off.

Benny was teasing him.

He teased right on back.

“I’m not sure of the rules, but I think if you’re willing to risk jail for someone, that should at least score you a blow job.”

Silence rushed into the air above Jack.

Then Benny shook with laughter.

It spilled from his mouth so loud that Jack lifted his hand into the air to try and find the source.

“Benny,” Jack hurried. “We can’t do that if you get caught.”

Benny kept shaking as he tried to reign in his laughter. When it cut off with a little yip, Jack was sure they’d been caught.

Great, how am I going to explain to Dixon that I fought Thomas Bleuth in my running shorts?

Luckily, the new movement and sounds were from a boy who was having too good of a time.

“It's Justus,” Benny whispered. “Hold on.”

Jack pushed Benny as high as he could so he could talk to the boy.

There was wiggling and then there was cussing.

Benny called down to Jack on the tail end of the latter.

“Get ready to catch me, Jack.”

Jack didn’t get a chance to ask for specifics.

Instead, he did what he was told.

For one moment Benny was out of his hands.

Then he was falling through the air without his pants.

Jack caught him with a grunt.