What should a straight high school junior do when he learns a gay guy in his grade has a crush on him? When JJ Brockwell stops a group of jocks from bullying comic book nerd Milton Katz, he finds himself the object of Milton’s misplaced affection. JJ wants to be his friend, but Milton wants more. JJ has a girlfriend named Maggie, who wants to wait before having sex. JJ respects this, but he’s 16 and cold showers only go so far. Maggie thinks Milton’s crush on her boyfriend is cute, but that doesn’t help with JJ’s problem. All Milton wants is JJ, and all JJ wants is Maggie. How can they find a solution to this impossible triangle?

Milton's Hero

“It wasn’t exactly love at first sight.” Calvin laid down his spoon. “In fact, back in high school I thought he,” he pointed a thumb at Brock, “was a total asshole.”


Brock laughed. “I can’t deny it. I was so deep in the closet I had wood splinters in my ass.”


Milton snickered. “So when did you two fall in love?” 


JJ rolled his eyes. His friend was such a sap.


The older men spent the next few minutes explaining how Calvin had gone back to Texas to sell his parents’ house because they’d retired to Florida, and how, after seeing the painted sign on the side of Brock’s truck he remembered that John Brockwell Sr. ran a construction business in the area, so called to get an estimate for fixing up the place. 


“But instead of John Brockwell, Senior,” Calvin explained, “a total stud dressed in fancy cowboy gear showed up on my folks’ front porch and I knew, whatever price he asked, I’d give him the job.”


“I didn’t know that,” Brock admitted. 


Chapter 11