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

In fact, my attention was drawn to other players like Rook Payne, one of the Eagles’ tailbacks, and Michael Dashwood, our team’s linebacker. The roaring crowd also broke my concentration from Lex. The Eagles were winning by three points, which wasn’t much, but we were still ahead of the opponents. It told me Lex was going to work for a win, whatever it took. Through hell and high water, he wasn’t leaving Palm Field without a victory for the day.


The second quarter ended, and the third quarter started.


Lex invaded my space on the side of the field and pointed at me. He called through his grill, with a beaming smile, “You’re looking good.”


“Get out there and try to win the game,” I told him, wanting to smack his ass the way jocks did, but I decided not to.


Chapter 37