Jay Anderson lives next door to the ruggedly handsome man of his dreams, detective Drake Hanover. He wishes their friendship could turn into more, but there's a problem -- Drake's ex-boyfriend, who has a habit of calling Drake after his breakups. After Drake once again caters to the whims of his ex, Jay about gives up hope Drake will ever see him as anything but the sweet, young twink next door.<br><br>Drake notices the sexy Jay -- who wouldn't? -- but the decade age difference between them and his needy ex keep him from thinking he could ever be more than Jay’s friend.<br><br>When his ex’s behavior gets to be too much even for Drake and the selfish man manages to hurt Jay, Drake realizes his feelings for Jay go far beyond friendship. Now if he could just convince Jay before Jay becomes his ex-neighbor.

Finally His

They’d decided to watch a mix of movies instead of going with one particular theme and right now they were watching Apollo 13.Seemed safe and non-sexy enough. Jay needed something that wouldn’t make him feel all gooey romantic.


Jay shifted subtly closer to Drake on the couch. Or he thought it was subtle. In his inebriated state he might well be mistaken. That gave him pause, so he frowned at his wineglass. While it was true he’d never met Ross, Drake’s friend, Jay hated him just the same.


He knew all about Ross. All about how once Ross had been Drake’s boyfriend and how Drake still wanted him. And how Ross always jerked Drake around. But Drake let him.


Jay took another sip of wine. Or was it a gulp? Great, now he was drinking while depressed. That could only lead to bad shit.


“So, tell me about this scarf you liked. You didn’t buy it?”


Drake’s voice made him jump a bit since he thought the man had been engrossed in the ordeal of the astronauts.


Chapter 6