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

He handed an MRE to his boyfriend, then took two for his parents.


Father stared at it as if he had no idea what it was, so Wheat prepared the chicken with salsa for him.


“Let me help,” Laurie murmured, and he took the vegetable manicotti MRE from Mother. “Here you go, Mrs. Dupuis.”


She smiled at him and began to nibble on her meal. 19


They were up early the next morning and looking forward to leaving the motel room. It had been hot and stuffy, because of course there was no air conditioning. In addition, the windows were the kind that were sealed shut, and it had been the general consensus that leaving the door open overnight was unsafe.


Chapter 52