Tristan used to be top salesman at his firm, but when his friends suffered a tragedy, he stepped in to support them. Their ordeal over, Tristan turned to partying to ease his new solitude. Now his job is at risk and he stands to lose his home. Rain spent years putting up with his husband Milo's bad behavior before moving out. Single again and insecure, Rain dreams of creating a marionette show to celebrate kids on the autism spectrum in honor of his son. When Rain meets his neighbor Tristan, he's drawn to Tristan's sex-appeal and protective nature. But Milo keeps pulling on Rain's strings and messing with his head. Tristan loves everything about Rain, including the strange sandwiches, mismatched socks, crazy marionettes, glitter makeup, and messy apartment. And Rain wants to give Tristan everything, but can he cut lose from Milo's hold?

A Touch of Rain

“I’ll do what you said. I’ll look that thing up.”


“Yeah. Asperger’s. Okay. Yeah. And I’ll call you Friday.” At last, Milo walked away from the bed.


When Rain was certain that he’d left the room, he opened his eyes. He’d won this round.


In Rain’s entrance, Tristan shut the door and leaned back on it, a little unsure of what he should do. This morning, he’d picked up Pip from Bernie’s and Rachel’s, and then together, they’d gone to the hospital to get Rain, who’d been cleared for check-out at eight A.M. Pip and Rain had been quiet during the ride back and now Tristan didn’t know if he should stay or leave.


“Whoa,” Rain said, leaning on the entrance wall for support. He was untying the laces on his red Doc Marten boots, but was obviously still too weak to be bending down.


“Let me help you with that,” Tristan said, crouching down.


Chapter 45