RN First Assistant Chris Bottoms enjoys being a bottom. Though abused by his stepfather as a boy and conditioned to enjoy sex only one particular way, he’s come to make the most of his life. And he enjoys bottoming to the hilt whenever and wherever he can.<br><br>As if colorectal cancer wasn’t enough of a trial, the subsequent botched surgery robs him of normal bodily functions, so no more prostate massage for Chris. In the middle of his medical drama, his best friend, Mickey O’Donovan, accepts a promotion that brings him to live in Jacksonville. Roommates in college, they’ve remained friends and occasional fuck buddies ever since. Chris’s crisis brings their relationship to a new level, though, and long-suppressed feelings are revealed.<br><br>Chris and Mickey settle down together and life is good, even though they can no longer indulge in their favorite sexual position. But Chris can’t seem to catch a break. When his past rears its head, Chris and Mickey must face a new challenge, together.

Bottoms Up

“Didn’t you know that ‘faggot’ is the new ‘nigger’?”


“What the fuck are you talking about?”


“We’re not supposed to use that word anymore.”


“Bullshit,” Quentin said. “Screw political correctness and the fools who’re infected with it. It’s a malignant cancer and it’s destroying people’s ability to be honest with each other.”


“Sorry, I just thought you ought to know.”


“You’ve been hanging out with those lefties at your school too long,” Quentin said. “And you can tell them that I prefer intellectual honesty to cowardice.”


“How did you and Irv meet, Chris?” Nate said, obviously anxious to change the subject. “I didn’t think you knew anybody in town.”


“I didn’t until I met you and Quentin,” Chris said. “I drove here from Norfolk, and Irv was at the North Carolina welcome station hitching a ride to Mayport. I don’t usually pick up hitchhikers, but I recognized the duffel bag at his feet and realized he was probably Navy like me, or at least military.”


Chapter 16