Andy Howard dropped out of college to get away from his abusive father. When his longtime boyfriend reveals similar tendencies, Andy refuses to endure another moment of it, running away with nothing more than the cash in his pockets. He makes it to Virginia, where he's taken in by Scooter Stahl, a restaurant owner looking for an extra hand who's willing to be paid cash under the table.<br><br>Scooter's been struggling for years: to keep the beachside restaurant he inherited from his parents above water (both financially and literally); to live down the fact that he's gay in a small southern town; to get over the man who's owned his heart since he was fourteen. But he's never had to struggle as hard as he is now, to keep his hands off Andy.

Nights in Sandbridge

“Only fair,” Andy said from inside the oven, muffled. “You saved me first.”


Kat beamed down at them, and kicked Andy lightly in the leg. “Gifted child,” she said fondly.


Scooter pushed back from his desk with a sigh. Andy had managed to salvage the oven for two hundred and sixty dollars, and it was stupid how apologetic he’d been over that miscalculation, but the industrialstandard wiring was slightly more expensive than the stuff in a regular home appliance. And he’d been doing the math and estimates in his head. On the fly. While Andy had been doing that, the rest of the crew had pitched in on the cleaning and installing the new grill plate, and the re-opening had gone off without a hitch.


Chapter 47