Ted returns home after the death of his father to find his only inheritance is the contents of the garage. Dealing with family can sometimes be hard and unusually cruel, as his sister proves. But Ted soldiers on and runs into an old friend from his past. A sexy friend, too!<br><br>Enter Duncan.<br><br>Ted and Duncan were on the swim team together in their youth, and now, years later, they hit it off again. Duncan has his own business and offers to help Ted with the car. But will long hours spent together in the garage lead to more than either man bargains for?

And To My Son

“Do we have time for a shower?” Duncan asked, lurching against my shoulder so he could look at me. His eyes were full of unshed tears. “I’ll get cleaned up, then put my filthy clothes back on.” Was he going to cry? Yep. He sobbed, then bit his lip. My heart lurched. “Then I’ll get out of your way,” he finished, looking like he had looked in tenth grade when Joella Parsons, who later turned out to be a motorcycle-riding dyke anyhow, turned him down for the prom. He’d been shattered. I wonder if he’d known, at the time, that he was gay and was just trying not to be, or if he knew and wanted everyone else to not know. The way he looked right now made me heartsick that I hadn’t known then. Oh, my life would have been so much happier if I’d known then what I know now, but then, isn’t life like that most of the time?


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