Michael Weston is recently promoted, becoming the youngest head of a branch of secret agents. His lover of two years, Timothy Miller, has finally moved in with him and they both work for the same organization. At the moment, Michael’s satisfied with his wonderful life. The first case he has to personally deal with is a mysterious murder, but Michael can’t make heads or tails of it. All the clues lead to dead ends. It certainly doesn’t help when he discovers his high school bully and crush Ian Davis is somehow involved. Things get worse when Ian confesses to harboring years of infatuation for Michael, which pisses Timothy off. Meanwhile, the number of casualties in the murder case keeps increasing. Will the three men be able to find a mutually satisfying solution? And can Michael solve the murders before someone else is killed?

Contentment

“Hey, Ian. We’ll be grilling some steaks this evening. I hope that’s okay with you.”


“Backyard. He’s probably started with the grilling. We’ve got a table and some chairs on the patio. Come on in.”


When the two men had made it to the backyard, they saw Tim had indeed begun to grill their steaks. Ian and Tim greeted each other awkwardly before shaking hands. The three men then talked about the weather and the neighborhood, trying their best to avoid uncomfortable silences while waiting for dinner to be ready. After what felt like hours of pointless chit-chat, they could finally sit down to eat.


“So?” he asked Ian as he gestured at the steak and mixed vegetables. Ian swallowed his vegetables before giving Tim and him two thumbs up.


“Yeah, Mike always knows how to marinate the meat properly. I couldn’t seem to do the same even though he’d been teaching me for months before I went away for my last assignment.”


Chapter 27