When Alex Toomey’s partner of eight years breaks up with him in the airport boarding area just before his flight, Alex is devastated. Barely able to function, he boards his plane, where the man he’s seated beside, Tom Genser, comes to his rescue, first with a drink, then later with some solace, both emotional and physical.<br><br>But Alex is walking wounded and, though the two men realize something wonderful is coming alive between them, Tom insists they part to allow Alex to gain a grip on his life. Can Alex survive long without Tom and worse, will Tom even still be there if he does?

The Love of My Life

I wanted to shower but didn’t. People on the plane would be disgusted with my smelling of sex and sweat, but I didn’t care. Then Jeff came out in a towel, looking quite appealing.


“Where are my keys?” I asked once I’d dressed.


Jeff took them off the dresser. “You were in no shape to drive last night. Your car’s back at Tito’s.”


Brewing took mere minutes, but seemed an eternity and the coffee was awful, or was that me? There was little conversation and when Jeff finally dropped me at my car in the deserted parking lot at Tito’s, he kissed my cheek and said, “Thanks for a great night, Axel.”


I started to correct him, then stopped. “You bet,” I said and away drove the near stranger.


Chapter 7