After being disappointed too many times by the hook-up sites, Broadway dancer Darrin Houghton takes down his profiles. However, when he gets a message from an intriguing hunk on a site he’d forgotten about, Darrin sets up a meeting despite his reservations.<br><br>Brad Grabosky is a deeply closeted football player in the NFL. Brad has a preference for no strings attached, anonymous, one night flings in seedy motel rooms.<br><br>However, love has a way of complicating the intentions of both men, leading them to make compromises they never thought possible. Will Darrin and Brad find a way to get to first and goal and ultimately score a touchdown? Or will their chance at happiness be fumbled away?

First and Goal

Seven-thirty! “Time’s up, Charlie,” Darrin said aloud. He got up and headed for the door. As he put his hand on the knob, it opened. In walked a giant of a man. He had a kind smile, surrounded by a dark five o’clock shadow, and a deep voice that resonated in Darrin’s chest as he stumbled backward.


“Sorry I’m late,” the man said, taking off his jacket and hanging it casually on a chair. Then he took off the dark glasses and baseball cap he wore, and laid them on the counter, revealing his handsome face.


Darrin knew instantly he would have waited an eternity for this man.


Before Darrin could recover and offer Charlie an absolving, ‘That’s okay,’Charlie took a step forward, picked Darrin up and held him close. Darrin could feel the power in the man’s arms and chest. Darrin wrapped his arms and legs around Charlie and gazed into the man’s rugged face.


Chapter 5