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

“In junior high, gym class was my favorite,” Garrett said after a while.


Eron warmed inside. Now he was getting somewhere. “Why?” Eron knew the answer, but wanted Garrett to tell him.


“You know, because you could see who had hair and who didn’t.”


Eron smirked a little. In his peripheral vision, he could see Garrett grinning.


“Back then, I had a hard time not looking.”


The second beer and Garrett’s comment helped him relax. Eron looked around and didn’t see anyone near them. He leaned back and put his arm on the back of Garrett’s chair. For good measure, he held his cup in his crotch and stretched his other arm around the empty chair.


Garrett took a drink. He glanced around and when he saw they were free from any close onlookers, he settled back into Eron’s arm. The pressure of Garrett leaning back against his arm felt good.


“You having a good time? It was probably a bad idea to come to a basketball game after a funeral,” Eron said.


Chapter 19