Twenty-six and gay, Shane Polk isn’t having a good year. After blowing out his ankle during an Everglade Eagles football game, he does eight months of rehab in Pittsburgh. Now that rehabilitation is over, Shane returns home to Florida and comes to terms with the fact that he has to get back in the game, which isn’t easy for him.<br><br>Summertime along the Gulf Coast for Shane has been better. Not only does he have the hassles of starting a new job with the Eagles, he grows jealous of his best friend, Frankie, who is falling in love with Mr. Right in the Caribbean.<br><br>Unfortunately, Shane can’t seem to get a grip on his own love life. Sexy football players come and go, none of whom are worth a long-term relationship. Then he meets Tommy Rawe, a young man with a charming smile. Is Tommy someone special who just might be able to change Shane’s topsy-turvy world for the better?

Back in the Game

He told me that drug use was his education, and random sex with strange men was his income. I learned that he sometimes fucked guys just to get an upper from them. Sex for dope. Sex for a rush. Sex for a high. He also liked to drink.


“Strangers also give me alcohol so I will suck their cocks. I’ve never minded. Maybe I should, but I really don’t. A man has to get his alcohol from somewhere. We all have vices, right? Every single one of us.” He mentioned using cocaine, meth, and a number of pills. Rarely did he pass up a joint when he was offered one, which was usually from one of his clients. “The pot always takes the edge off. I sometimes have a few really strange cocks in my mouth and need to feel relaxed. You get what I’m saying.”


I didn’t getwhat he was saying, but lied to him anyway and told him that I did.


Chapter 23