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

Not yet. He needed to know where they stood, what was going to happen next.


“Geo,” he murmured. Then in a stronger voice, more sure of himself, “Geoff. Please.”


Geo huffed, exasperated. “Let me guess. You have to go.” Turning around, he sat on the bed beside Larry, then threw himself back amid the rumpled sheets, arms above his head. The posture stretched him out in a lovely display; damn him, but he knew exactly what he did to Larry. “Ever since you got here, you’ve been trying to leave. You tell me you love me—”


“I do.” Larry propped himself up with one arm and gazed down at Geo’s beautiful body spread out beside him. He had to fight against the urge to run his hand over Geo’s ribs because he was afraid if he touched his friend, he wouldn’t have the strength to pull away again. “God, you just don’t know.”


Chapter 71