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 almost thought he wouldn’t open his eyes again, just fall asleep right where he stood in the doorway. “Look, can I come in or something? Unless your roommate’s asleep, too.”


“What? No.” That seemed to wake him up a little, and Geoff stepped back to let Larry into his room. “He left late last night.”


“Left where?” Larry closed the door behind him and dropped his backpack in front of it.


Geoff yawned again, not bothering to hide it this time. Then he reached for the ceiling with a languid stretch that pulled his shirt up, exposing a swath of bare, pale skin above the waistband of his pants. Larry couldn’t look away from the arch of Geoff’s spine, or the blond hair leading from his navel down into his pants, a tantalizing trail leading right where Larry most wanted to go. But he stayed by the door—he needed to know where they stood before he moved any closer.


Chapter 48