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

Why did it have to be so damn hardbetween them?


He thought Geoff wouldn’t answer, and was about to say the hell with it and shrug it off—being friends was better than being nothing at all, he’d take anything he could from Geoff, even if it wasn’t what he wanted, even if it wasn’t enough by half—when Geoff took his hand again. Geoff’s grip was tighter this time, insistent. He came closer, too close, and before Larry could think to step back or move away or do anything, anything at all, Geoff’s mouth covered his in a hungry kiss that erased any confusion about what they might now be to each other.


Chapter 49