Rafael Patino has a great life in Rain Valley. He’s a teacher at the high school, has a great group of friends, and enjoys the occasional baseball game. Other than the sporadic call from his drunken mother, he’s pretty content. He’s also been in love with his best friend Dustin for nearly a decade. Years of keeping those feelings under control are put to the test when they begin a summer project together. Dustin Vance builds furniture for a living, has just earned his pilot’s license, and has an amazing best friend. When he buys a 1976 Cessna Skyhawk, he asks Rafael to help restore it, then travel with him to Wisconsin for the largest aviation convention in the world. As they spend their days working on the plane, they begin to spend their nights together. Will they find love in the clouds, or will they stall out before they even take off?

Love in the Clouds

The fear that overcame him sometimes had nothing to do with Raf. The only time he’d given away his heart, it had come back to him shattered. Right after college, Dustin had met Ted and he’d fallen hard and fast. They’d both shared an interest in planes and had even talked about driving to Oshkosh that summer. But Ted had cheated on him. He was honest enough to confess, but it was something they couldn’t get past.


Dustin knew Raf would never cheat on him. Knew it in his soul. And that’s why he felt it okay to give the man his heart. Hell, Dustin had given Raf his heart long before he’d even realized it, and Raf had already shown himself worthy of the gift. Dustin couldn’t wait to see what happened in their future.


Of course, their immediate future included finishing work and heading back to Raf’s complex, where they planned to take a dip in the pool.


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