Henry Kavalauskas spends most of his time at YVR, Vancouver’s international airport. He works there, he hangs out there -- he knows the world is bigger than his fast-food job and his parents' living room, and he wishes he could find a guy to take him out into it. Someone to shepherd him through its teeming cities and sleep beside him in its fine hotels.<br><br>Someone like Zack Hoffman, to be quite specific, although Henry's first encounter with the short, sexy business traveler seems destined to be his last, seeing as how it takes place in an airport men's room.<br><br>But Zack's long-haul flight is canceled, and when their paths cross again quite by chance -- and Zack produces the key to a hotel room -- Henry seizes the moment. The room's gorgeous, Naked Zack is gorgeous, and being with him is a dream come true for Henry. Until reality barges in, chases Henry half-naked back into the airport, and raises some questions about Zack. Is he who he says he is? And, more importantly, will Henry ever see him again?

You Again?

“Well, I kind of took off without my shirt,” Henry says. “Which kind of said ‘A&W’ right on it. My boss told the cops that I told him that I’d had my backpack stolen. He said the shirt must have been in there, these guys must have taken it. Asked them to let him know if any more of my stuff turned up. He saw me right after. With no shirt on, I might add, so it’s not like he didn’t put it together. Talking about balls…” They’re both laughing when Henry finishes.


“You’re sure you’re not mad at me?” Zack asks. “Cuz I’m pretty sure I’d be mad at me.”


Henry laughs this off. “Mad at you for what? You weren’t trying to get me into trouble. You were trying to get into my pants. I gotta tell you, I think it’s kinda hot.”


“And about Singapore? About Toronto?”


“I don’t know.” Henry shrugs. “I’m just some crazy breaking-and-entering fling, right? You don’t owe me your unvarnished life story. It’s not like I told you I live with my parents, too.”


Chapter 14