Danny Masterson is finally getting a place all his own, and he couldn’t be more excited. Since college he’s lived with his best buddy Rob, but when Rob’s pregnant girlfriend moved in, Danny knew it was time to move out. His new apartment has all the amenities, and the sexy neighbor living downstairs named Kyle only sweetens the deal.<br><br>But a heat wave hits when Rob helps Danny move in, and the apartment’s A/C isn’t working right. Maintenance won’t come out because Danny isn’t listed as a tenant yet, so he’s stuck sweating it out over the long, Fourth of July weekend.<br><br>Kyle invites Danny to stay downstairs in his apartment in air conditioned bliss, but he has a pretty roommate named Nadia who may or may not be his girlfriend. Danny thinks Kyle might be interested in him, but so far Kyle hasn’t said or done anything to move things forward between them. Will things ever heat up between them? Or is Danny going to end up getting burned?

Heat Wave: Richmond

Then Rob opens the apartment door and heat from outside blasts into the foyer. Actually, no—it’s hot out there. In here it feels like an ice cave in comparison.


“If it doesn’t,” Rob says, heading outside, “you call maintenance.”


I frown over my shoulder at Kyle. “But it’s the weekend.”


“They have someone on call,” Kyle assures me. “I have the number if you need it.”


As I’m locking the door behind us, Rob leans over me, body heat and sweat coming off him in waves; standing so close to him raises my temperature, too. Kyle’s already heading down the steps. “If you want to get with him,” Rob says, keeping his voice low so he won’t be overheard, “I’d go down and ask for that number later whether or not your A/C’s up and running.”


“It’ll probably be fine when we get back,” I tell him.


Rob shrugs. “I’m just saying, is all. Do it beforehis roommate comes home, if you know what I mean.”


Chapter 10