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

Doug didn’t want to see it that way, though. For him, twenty years might as well be a lifetime away; he was more interested in today than tomorrow, and the band was all he wanted to do now, the future be damned.


But what I want now is Geoff,Larry thought. The warmth of his friend’s leg against his beneath the covers was enough to keep him grounded in the moment, to remind him of what mattered to him, and it had nothing at all to do with the band, or practice, or their next gig. He didn’t want to be forced to choose between his oldest friend and his new boyfriend, but if he had to? If Doug made him pick only one?


Carefully, Larry said, “I guess they sell toothbrushes in the campus bookstore, right?”


Geoff’s smile came back slowly, lighting up his face. “And I’m sure I have a few things you can wear. If you reallyfeel like getting dressed once I finally get you out of your clothes.”


Chapter 50