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

But no one had ever suggested such a thing to him. Certainly not Nick, who’d tumbled him into bed within an hour of their first meeting, mere weeks before suggesting that Andy should move in to escape his father. And not any of the random hook-ups Andy’d had before Nick, either. Maybe…maybe there was something to drawing out the anticipation a little longer.


Especially since Andy was pushing Scooter to overturn his rules, the ones he had good reasons to keep. Andy could endure a few more cases of blue balls and frantically jerking off in the shower, if it made Scooter happier, right?


He took a breath and let it out on a sigh. “Okay. If that’s what you want.” He slanted a look at Scooter from under his lashes. “I hope you realize this makes you even more of a dork, though.”


Chapter 52