Ten years is a long time to have a crush. Their high school reunion is Luke's chance for a shot at Alexander, whom he adored in high school. In training for the past eighteen months to shed the extra weight he'd always carried, he's ready to show Alexander he isn't the boy they called Podge anymore. As the big day draws nearer and the summer days get hotter, Luke continues running with his next door neighbour Max to stay in shape. But everything is blown apart though when Luke almost faints in the heat, falls into Max's arms, and straight into 'no strings attached' sex. Suddenly Luke is torn between the man who's there when he needs him and a man he liked years ago but knows very little about. Would it be madness to throw away what he has with Max for a chance with Alexander?

Summer Madness

“I take it these are for me, you being on a diet and all?” He picked up a chip and threw it in his mouth.


“Eat them all, you die.” Luke laughed. “I haven’t had chips in ages.”


Between them they polished off the food in between swigs of beer. Luke found that he couldn’t eat very many of the chips, but Max had no such problem. Luke cleared the plates and brought more beer. They settled happily in the shade side by side.


“I love eating outside,” Luke said. “Makes me feel like I’m on holiday.”


Luke sat up with a thought. “We could go camping if it stays like this. I’ve got all the kit; we could go up to the Lake District.”


“Yeah, it would be amazing we could walk, drink beer…shag ourselves stupid.” The words were out of his stupid mouth before he could think. Of course he immediately remembered the no strings rule and felt like an idiot. He cringed and screwed his eyes shut. “Sorry, no strings, right?”


Chapter 7