Calvin Hamilton reluctantly returns to his home town of Parrish Creek, Texas, to sell his parents' house. Finding the place in need of repair he hires John "Brock" Brockwell to renovate the house before putting it on the market. Brock bares a passing resemblance to Gary Cooper, especially as he often wears western clothing. Calvin has always had a weakness for cowboys.<br><br>Time has reversed the two men's fortunes. In high school Brock was the big man on campus, his popularity allowing him to hide his true nature. Calvin was a nerd, bullied by most of the jocks for being perceived as gay. Now Calvin is a successful New York advertising executive, and Brock is a divorced father with a teenage son who faces financial ruin, unable to pay his late father's hospital bills.<br><br>Can Calvin put past bitterness behind him and help the cowboy with whom he is rapidly falling in love? Will the deeply closeted Brock be able to admit he has feelings for Calvin? Or will pride, fear, distance, and the past prevent them from building a future together?

Calvin's Cowboy

“I didn’t think so either until you stood on my doorstep a couple of evenings ago.”


Brock took hold of Calvin’s chin.“Please,don’t tease me,not about this.”


Calvin removed the hand and kissed Brock’s palm.“I promise,hand on heart,”he moved Brock’s hand to Calvin’s heart,“and on dick,”he movedthe hand lower,“that I’m not joking.You are beautiful.Please believe me.That’s why I’ve been calling you Gary Cooper,because,well,”Calvin felt embarrassed,“I couldn’t straight out call you beautiful because you might have knocked me on my ass.”


“I knew you’d noticed it!”Calvin yelled in triumph.


Back was the shit-eating grin Calvin loved so much.He just had to kiss it.


“Just that you were smiling,and I like to see it.Makes you even more beautiful.”


Brock shook his head.“I wish you’d quit it with the beautiful shit.”


“You want me to go back to callin’you Gary Cooper?’Cause it’ll mean the same thing.”


Chapter 18