When he turned sixteen, Nick inherited his grandfather’s unidentified junk car left behind the family garage. It could end his unhappy gay life if he learns how to fix it, so over the years, self-pity and enough of his father’s gin lead Nick to a plan.<br><br>With the help of a gorgeous instructor named Harry, Nick becomes an apprentice automobile mechanic. When the car finally starts, a very drunk Nick puts his plan to work.<br><br>But the car has other ideas, and Nick has to call for a tow. His plan quickly changes the moment Harry steps out of the tow truck. Will the unidentified classic car lead Nick to love?

The Mechanics of Love

I saw Harry with some of the other students, and they all looked twice my size. Nobody lisped or flapped their wrists, though, to be honest, I didn’t either. Nobody knew anything about music unless it was death metal or in the top ten or something. I just kept quiet.


The best classes were the hands-on ones, and I don’t mean when we got our hands on actual car engines. I mean hands-on like when Harry would stand behind me, his arms around me and his hands on mine, guiding them to where they needed to be. Of course, I got hard, but I now wore a one-piece cover-all over my regular clothes, so nobody could tell a thing.


Chapter 4