Fiction critic Micah Berk makes a point to spend as much time as possible with neighbor and pianist Tuck Martini. During twenty days of a particularly hot August on the shores of Lake Erie, the two men fall head over heels in love.<br><br>A year later and life has unexpectedly changed for Micah. He meets and falls hard for Carl Bascoe, an irresistible and dark-haired carpenter. Carl is witty, romantic, and the sweetest guy along the lake.<br><br>What happens when events from Micah’s past mix with those in his present? What will Micah do when various ties between his twenty days with Tuck and his current days with Carl begin to unravel? Will Micah finally experience the true meaning of endless love?

20 Days of Tuck

Did I enjoy his afternoon hand-show? Who wouldn’t?


Before I realized it, his work jeans and white boxer-briefs were pushed down to his ankles, snug against his camel-colored boots, and his erection was upright and firm between his thighs. He leaned against the deck’s frame and started jacking himself off, arching his neck and back. A groan filled the early afternoon, which told me that he was enjoying himself, putting on a show that was intended just for me, toying with his erection with one hand, both hands, and back to one hand, until he shot a string of his come all over the ground, spiraling it against the autumn grass and crisp leaves, becoming spent, sweat-slicked, and exhausted.


I left his lunch in its paper bag by the tree. And slowly I slinked away, returning to my attic room and work, smiling from ear to ear because of his afternoon show against the deck, pleased with his sticky labor, enamored with him only more. My boyfriend. My lover. 35: Crashing Down


Chapter 31