Jason Peters is a young widowed father whose son, Tyler, is a precocious first grader starting a new school in the middle of the term. His new teacher is Greg Boucher, a man near Jason’s age who is incredibly attractive. For the first time since his wife’s death, Jason finds himself interested in the possibility of a romantic relationship.<br><br>It seems Greg feels the same. At a parent/teacher conference, Jason admits he’s gay, and to his surprise, Greg asks him out on a date. They spend a wonderful evening together, but when morning dawns, Jason realizes things can’t move forward between them unless his son is comfortable with the arrangement.<br><br>Will Tyler understand Jason’s interest in his teacher? Or will Jason have to choose between what he wants and what’s best for his son?

Tyler's Teacher

I turn off the engine and open the driver’s side door only to step on a handful of green army figures when I get out of the car. I kick them away and they strike the fence like tiny shots of artillery. “Shit. Watch your step. He has this place booby-trapped.”


“Kids,” Greg groans. “Gotta love them.”


“Yeah, right?” I grin and shake my head, stepping around Tyler’s Big Wheels that he left right in the middle of the driveway. How I missed hitting it in the darkness, I don’t know.


Greg follows me up the steps to the porch. I fumble to get my key into the lock—I should’ve left the porch light on, but forgot in my haste to leave the house earlier. Inside is just as dark—the overhead foyer light is off, as is the lamp in the living room. The only glow comes from the light I left on above the stove in the kitchen. It beckons like a harbor across the darkened hall, and Greg gravitates towards it as he steps around me into the house. “This is nice,” he says.


Chapter 16