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 hadn’t told anyone at class about my plans, not even Harry. I had told them my car was some sort of butt-ugly Bug. Harry just laughed and said it was good to learn on, but not worth much of anything else, then, unless…and he blathered on about old VW vans and hippies and stuff that most straight guys seem to be born knowing, and me? I didn’t know any different at the time, did I? When he asked if he could come over and see it, I was too embarrassed to say yes. And too scared, too. Did he want to beat me up or something? Had my crush on him been that obvious? And what if I tried something on with him, and he got pissed off and hit me, or worse? Oh, hell, no, you do not need to come over and see it. I almost fainted I was so confused. My heart was filled with wanting. I felt like, if I could write down what I felt, it would end up in the best-selling romance section, that is, if I were breaking my heart over, gasp, a woman.


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