Jonathan Banks and Peter Giles have worked together for five years, business partners in a planning firm that bears both their names. From the moment Jonathan was hired, the attraction between the two men was instantaneous and mutual, but he was dating someone else at the time and turned down Peter’s advances.<br><br>Now Jonathan’s boyfriend is out of the picture, and he’d love nothing more than for Peter to ask him out again, but he knows his partner all too well. Peter doesn’t take rejection easily. He likes flirting with Jonathan, sure, but doesn’t want to take the chance of getting turned down a second time. He's satisfied with the way their friendship is, and fears anything more intimate might ruin what they already have.<br><br>But everything both men have planned and worked for together is threatened on a cold, wintry evening when Peter’s car won’t start and Jonathan has to give him a lift home. Can the two friends move past their own fears and trepidations, and begin to build a future together as partners outside the office?

Not According to Plan

Well, he wouldn’t bother. Giving the doctor a curt nod, he thought, If it gets me access to Jonathan, let them think whatever the hell they want. I need to see him, that’s all. I need to know he’s okay.


And if he pulls through this, who knows what we might become? I should’ve invited him in. Then neither of us would even be here. We’d be back at my place, talking in front of the TV or hell, maybe cuddling a bit on the couch. Who knows where the night could’ve led? I should’ve asked him to come in.


The doctor introduced himself, interrupting Peter’s thoughts. “I’m Dr. Knarr,” he said. Both the Kand the Nwere pronounced, kah-narr


Thank God I didn’t give it a go myself,Peter thought. He frowned harder, as if that might help him concentrate on what was said next.


Chapter 12