O.B. Benson knows that, as a gay baseball player, his only chance to keep from being shut out of the Major Leagues is to stay as far from the public eye as possible. His low profile is threatened when the team manager insists O.B. take part in a TV interview to help boost lagging fan support.<br><br>Avery Turner, TV reporter, is handsome, fit, and definitely pushes O.B.'s libido into high gear. He’s also out -- something O.B.'s situation doesn’t allow. And Avery believes in monogamous commitment -- something O.B. cannot identify with. But when Avery delivers a curveball to the catcher, O.B. doesn’t know how to handle it.<br><br>When O.B.'s interview is aired, he’s forced to evaluate his life of meaningless one night stands. Can O.B. and Avery work out their differences and build a winning team, or will O.B. strike out?

Major League Shutout

“Guess you are,” O.B. said, kissing Avery back.


O.B. stood, making Coco jump to the floor with a protesting meow. He picked Avery up and started to carry him to the bedroom.


“What are you doing?” Avery asked with a laugh.


“Well, maybe I’m gettin’ a little ahead of myself, but I’m carryin’ ya over the threshold.”


“What am I going to do with you?” Avery laughed again.


Avery shifted in O.B.’s arms. Instead of being carried like a bride, he wrapped his arms around O.B.’s neck and his legs around the ballplayer’s waist, kissing O.B. as they progressed down the hall to the bedroom.


O.B. laid Avery on the bed and stood over him. Avery opened his arms and O.B. crawled on top of him, their lips and tongues finding one another, their swelling packages pressed tightly together.


O.B. rolled sideways, not breaking his hold on Avery. They lay side by side, lips and tongues seeking and finding the other’s counterpart, hands roaming from shoulders to ass, squeezing, kneading, exploring.


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