[(Disclaimer: I do not own Queen's "Flick of the Wrist")]
All it took for Brian to feel like himself again was a nice thick joint. He smoked one down, showered, got into some clean clothes and headed to the parking garage for his jeep. He got in and looked in the rearview mirror.
"The epitome of sex."
He grinned and started up the jeep, then drove to Woody's, the local gay watering hole. As he entered the establishment, he hadn't noticed the fliers advertising a Queen cover band, the lead vocalist looking remarkably like the beautiful young Freddie Mercury.
It can be assumed that every knowledgeable gay man on Liberty Avenue knew who Brian Kinney was, so it was no surprise to him when he walked in and Jaime's eyes caught Brian's, recognition fresh and alive in them. Jaime turned around and instructed his band on a rather impromptu number.
The guitars began, and the daunting first verse drifted from between Jaime's lovely lips to everyone's ears through the speakers.
"Dislocate your spine if you don't sign he says
I'll have you seeing double.
Mesmerize you when he's tongue-tied Simply with those eyes.
Synchronize your minds and see The beast within him rise..."
Everyone in Woody's turned, trying to identify who Jaime's gaze rested upon and found it immediately in Brian. He flushed a little, recognizing the song, and sat on a barstool. "Whiskey sour. Double."
The chorus began, and little did Brian know that it would almost give him away.
"Don't look back! Don't look back!
It's a rip-off
Flick of the wrist, and you're dead, baby"
Brian winced at that and took back his drink, quite directly ordering another.
"Blow him a kiss and you're mad.
Flick of the wrist- he'll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He's taken an arm and he's taken a leg All this time honey...
Baby you've been had."
He glared at Jaime, which only fueled the fire. Jaime felt prompted, even obliged to go on.
"Intoxicate your brain with what I'm saying If not you'll lie in knee-deep trouble.
Prostitute yourself he says
Castrate your human pride
Sacrifice your leisure days Let me squeeze you till you've dried..."
Brian grit his teeth and tried with all he had in him to ignore the band and everything around him for that matter. His face reddened now more than flushed, and once again his hairline beaded with sweat.
"Don't look back! Don't look back!
It's a rip-off."
The band went into an instrumental, and Jamie kept an eye on Brian, noticing but not necessarily caring that something was wrong with what he was seeing. He licked his lips and smirked at Brian whenever Brian would turn, and let's face it, at that point, not even Brian knew why he would continue to acknowledge the man that was at that very moment mocking him.
"Work my fingers to my bones
I scream with pain
I still make no impression.
Seduce you with his money-make machine
Cross-collateralize (big-time money, money)
Reduce you to a muzak-fake machine
Then the last goodbye- It's a rip off"
Brian stood and walked over to the stage. He stood near and watched Jaime, allure all about him suddenly.
If not Michael, why not him, Brian? He seems like one who would make such little trouble for you...
The voice startled Brian worse than it had before, as now he recognized who the voice belonged to.
Jaime went into the last chorus, the crowd snickering and leering at Brian.
"Flick of the wrist and you're dead, baby
Blow him a kiss and you're mad
Flick of the wrist- he'll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He's taken an arm, and taken a leg. All this time, honey...
Baby you've been had."
Jaime turned to the band again, alerting them to the fact that it was time for their half-hour intermission. He found himself being pulled roughly into a dark corner, kissed passionately, Brian's body against his, grinding, touching, panting...
"A man was found murdered today in the bathroom at Woody's, an alternative drinking establishment on Liberty Avenue. The body was that of local man, 29-year-old Jaime Huston. Jaime was the lead singer of a Queen cover band who bore a very striking resemblance to Freddie Mercury, the front man to the real band Queen. Developments in this young man's case have yet to be reported, we will keep you updated every hour on the hour here at KPTS channel four. Good evening."...