It's 1895 when Luke Straily returns to Gunnison, Colorado, after a twelve-year absence and reluctantly heads to the cattle ranch owned by Jack Hinch, the only man he’s ever loved. Looking to make amends for an intolerable act, Luke hires on at the ranch, but Jack makes it perfectly clear he's unable to forgive or forget just yet.<br><br>It'll take everything in Luke's power to set things right with the man he wronged and placed in jeopardy before he ran away, but he aims to earn back Jack's trust no matter the personal cost.  Complicating matters, though, is ranch foreman Tim Dutcher, who’s been enjoying a sexual relationship with the handsome rancher during the intervening years and thoroughly resents Luke's intrusion.<br><br>As Luke and Jack gradually rebuild their severed friendship and renew their former passion,  jealousy flares, leading to a volatile confrontation. Can the men settle matters without any shots being fired?

A River of Time

“One room or two?” asks the clerk, knowing men usually put up together to save money.


“One,” says Jack without hesitation. He takes the key and we climb the stairs.


I’m like some kid in a candy store and have to work at not showing it, never mind Jack can likely feel it. My dick is stiff in my pants and I don’t care if Jack wants it rough, so long as he wants it. He can beat hell out of me long as we fuck. But we don’t.


We clean up, and as we do, Jack, bare-chested, says he wants to play some cards. I recall him good at this and agree, so once washed, we set out. Punishing again, I decide, but I can wait. When we get back to the room I’m going to have him, I don’t care if I have to get rough.


Jack becomes a different person at cards. Personable, easy-going, he’s the fellow I remember, and I see it’s only me he puts off. Once again, I accept my due.


Chapter 11