Laurie Parkinson, who’s lived in Laurel Hills all his life, is a gay sheet metal worker who’d rather be a gay hairdresser. Wheat Dupuis, who’s also gay, is the scion of one of Laurel Hill’s wealthiest families. He’d rather grow grapes than become CFO of Dupuis International. Laurie wakes one morning to discover his family gone and his town decimated by a bacteria that has lain dormant for millennia, incased in ice. With the melting of the ice caps, the bacteria is released, and mankind faces a pandemic that could surpass the Black Plague. Wheat and his family are on their way to safety when the unthinkable happens and he’s left behind. Laurie knows of a bunker in the woods outside Laurel Hill, where he intends to take refuge. On the way there, Laurie finds and rescues Wheat. Can two such dissimilar men work together through a pandemic to find their families ... and possibly find love, as well?

Pandemic

They were all rich, people Father considered the family’s equal. Perhaps Wheat would find someone here he liked and his father approved of. That could work, couldn’t it?


He looked around with enthusiasm that quickly faded. In spite of all the noise, fewer people seemed to be attending the gala than Wheat would have expected. Well, there was that flu or whatever it was that had been going around for the past month or so. Still, there should be enough men…


Shit. As luck would have it, Adam was there with someone. His new boyfriend? Wheat was about to turn away, determined to show he didn’t give a damn, when Adam approached him.


Chapter 12