Back in college, Larry Carson played drums in a friend’s band and fell in love with the lead singer, Geoffrey Mason. But all that’s in the past. Larry’s now thirty-five, divorced, and father to a precocious thirteen-year-old daughter. One day, when Larry picks Crystal up from school, a song comes on the radio by a new rockstar climbing the charts. Larry recognizes Geoff’s voice immediately, though Crystal calls him Geo and claims he’s the hottest new singer on the scene. Just hearing him brings back a flood of memories, reopening wounds Larry thought long healed. The more he listens to Geo’s music, the more Larry falls in love with his former boyfriend all over again. Partly to prove to his daughter that he used to know Geo back in the day, and partly to reconnect with his old friend, Larry buys tickets to an upcoming concert and manages to score backstage passes. But there was a reason Larry and Geoff lost touch -- and stayed out of touch for so long. Will Geo even want to see Larry again after all this time? Or will the magic of their old familiar song bring about a harmonious duet?

Old Familiar Song

Larry glanced up from his struggle with his jeans to see his roommate grinning in at them through the open door.


“So this is what you’re doing,” Doug crowed. Then his eyes hardened and his smile disappeared. “What’s my guitar doing on the floor?”


Too late, Larry pulled his shirt down over the exposed bulge of his underwear. “We’re just talking.”


Doug glared at him. “My guitar is on the floor.”


Geoff was the first to move. “Sorry about that,” he said, scooping up the case and dropping it over the back of the seat in front of them. “There.”


“Careful! Damn it!” Doug yelled. “Do you know how much that thing costs? Fuck.”


“Sorry,” Larry said, though he hadn’t done anything to apologize for.


Chapter 36