title: Welcome to Halloween!: Stories With Moans and Groans
author: J.W. Becker
description: J. W. Becker is retired from the medical field and lives in Henderson, Nevada with her husband, Jeff, and two schnauzers, Katie and Dusty Rose.
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  Allan and Mac | _Jaime Samms_ 2
  
  “STOP.” Allan batted his roommate"s hand off his shoulder.
  
  “You"re getting that look.”
  
  Allan scowled at the textbook on the table in front of him. “What look, Mac?”
  
  A finger pressed lightly to Allan"s forehead, just above the bridge of his
  nose and his glasses, prompting him to swat again.
  
  “The one that puts this incredibly lickable divot between your brows, turns
  your lips down at the corners, and tenses your shoulders up until you get a
  migraine. I was just trying to ease the tension.”
  
  “Right. That"s why you had your hand over my shoulder and halfway to my chest.
  I told you to cool it with that shit, straight boy.”
  
  “It"s only to ease the tension.”
  
  “Go find something to do, please. I have to get this paper done.” Mac"s bid to
  ease the tension was only causing more of it, and not in Allan"s shoulders
  either. It was getting very hard to ignore 