Dean Frech

In June 1966, ACLU attorney Eron Lassiter attends his uncle’s wedding and makes an unsettling discovery. Though Eron had bowed to family pressure and planned a potential marriage, his long-ignored attraction to other men roars to life when Garrett Emerson, the bride’s nephew, captures his attention.<br><br>After serving in the Korean War and going to college later than his peers, upwardly mobile Garrett now works as a loan officer at a local bank. For his girlfriend -- fiancée in her mind -- Garrett can’t climb fast enough. But none of that matters to Eron, and maybe that’s why Garrett’s so drawn to him.<br><br>Together, can Eron and Garrett find happiness amidst the pervasive culture of propriety, honor, and expectation of the 1960s?

Need Your Love

First dates had always been awkward for Garrett. He began to understand part of the reason. Garrett always felt like he needed to keep the conversation going, but being with Eron was different. The silence reassured Garrett.


“Uh, I should be getting back,” Garrett said after a while. He made a move to stand up.


Eron reached over and grabbed Garrett’s arm to keep him seated. “Wait, there’s something more I want to talk to you about.”


Eron’s touch through clothes made Garrett’s body go wild.


Eron shifted away from Garrett again. Confusion returned to Garrett. They had chatted so easily after Eron’s apology in the restaurant. They had settled in on the bench. Once again, Eron initiated the contact between them, but now Garrett read the second thoughts on Eron’s face.


Eron snapped out of his daze and looked at Garrett again. “You see, Garrett…”


Garrett narrowed his eyes. “What’s going on?”


Eron took a deep breath. “I don’t know.”


Chapter 15