When website designer Rick Pruitt takes his eight-year-old son Micah to see the latest Pokémon movie, he expects to be bored out of his mind. What he doesn't expect is to fall in love with the guy ahead of them in line.<br><br>Self-confessed nerd and Harry Potter look-a-like, Marty Owens runs a comic shop downtown. Marty needs a new website to help grow his business and Rick needs a guy he can eat cozy meals with, snuggle up to, and ... But no matter how many of Rick's boxes Marty checks, there's still Micah to consider. Fortunately Micah and Marty hit it off, connecting over a love of video games and all things Pokémon.<br><br>Rick starts coming by the comic shop after hours to work on Marty's website. Can they also build something long-lasting and meaningful offline, too?

Dad's Nerdy New Boyfriend

Or he would be. Tonight, Rick promised himself. Lowering the menu, he gave Marty a smoldering look.


Marty glanced up and smiled. “So what are you hungry for?”


Marty arched his brows in surprise, then a slow smile slid across his face. Beneath the table, his foot rubbed against Rick’s ankle. “That’s dessert.”


Rick wasn’t kidding when he said he loved food in general, but his experience with Indian food in particular was limited to visiting a place in Carytown for their lunch buffet. While he had liked what he ate, the problem was he had no clue what any of it was called.


Chapter 30