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

“The website says she’s a full service, certified pet care specialist. Can do training, too. I didn’t call her, of course, cuz I don’t want my name popping up on caller I.D. But you can and see what you think. If she don’t work out we’ll get someone else.”


At this point Dolly returned to where the men were sitting and begged to be picked up. Darrin did, and she settled between them as if this had been her place all along.


“See, we’re a family now,” Brad said, stroking the dog’s long, silky ears.


Darrin leaned his head on Brad’s shoulder. He liked the sound of that: he, Brad and Dolly the Houghton-Grabosky family.


Chapter 14