Ernie Boudine -- early thirties, still lives at home with mom -- has never had sex, hasn’t even been kissed. In his mind the only guys who get in on the action are the muscled-up bodybuilders he worships on his computer. But Ernie knows to attract such a god He’ll need to transform his current blob of soft muscles covered with an ample layer of fat into body beautiful. Personal trainer Butch Noonan discovers his boyfriend has been cheating on him. Troy is the last straw. Butch decides he’s done dating bodybuilders with their self-centered and egotistical attitudes. Butch longs for a relationship with someone who believes in romance, togetherness, and fidelity. Joining a gym, Ernie feels like a kid in a candy store. So many beautiful men working out, so much hard muscle to ogle. Ernie is disappointed when Butch is assigned as his personal trainer. Despite the man’s name, the other trainers have bigger and buffer bodies. Soon, however, Ernie begins to appreciate Butch’s sexy, compact body and what’s more, the man genuinely seems to care for and about Ernie. Much to both men’s surprise, a tentative relationship begins to blossom, but then into the gym strolls Butch’s former college roommate. Bill is a serious bodybuilder and Ernie is immediately captivated by the man’s huge muscles and confident swagger. Can Butch stand idly by and watch Ernie make the same mistakes he has? Or will Ernie wise up in time and realize true relationships are about more than muscle?

More Than Muscle

A thought struck Butch. Maybe this was the source of his restlessness, this disinterest in sex and bodybuilding. As he ruminated on this latest insight, Butch began to realize the shallowness of his relationship with Troy, how it all seemed to be about what was on the surface, Troy’s surface that is. Butch was as irrelevant to the situation as a motorized dildo.


Am I like that, too? I like to have my body appreciated, but I enjoy giving some reciprocation, don’t I? It’s not just me, me, me, me like it is with Troy. It should involve mutual pleasure and satisfaction. And a little emotional gratification would be nice, too. Isn’t that what sex should be all about?


Butch mulled over these thoughts as he drove the rest of the way to the apartment he shared with Troy. By the time he pulled into the parking lot he decided he’d sit Troy down and have a serious man to man talk about this. It was time they got some things straight between them besides their stiff cocks.


Chapter 11