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

Because the boxes take up most of the space in the living room, we lay the rolled-up mattress on the floor beneath the kitchen bar, then lean the furniture boxes up against the opposite wall. By now it’s getting late; I have to get the truck back soon or pay for another day, and Lara’s moved from texting Rob to calling him. His phone rings as I’m locking up, so he hurries down the stairs to answer.


Kyle lingers at the door with me. “You might want to give maintenance a call anyway,” he says as I jiggle the handle. “They don’t come out after dark unless it’s a real emergency.”


“I’d think no air on a day like this would count, wouldn’t you?” I ask.


Chapter 11