Recently divorced Zack inherits a tidy sum that enables him to move to the country. Still recovering, his interest is piqued when he meets his gorgeous neighbour, Richard, who is well-loved throughout town. Despite this, Richard doesn’t have a partner, as his medical problems discouraged potential lovers in the past from entering into something more permanent with him.<br><br>As Zack is a city boy, he’s completely unprepared for winter in a small town in the country. When a severe snowstorm takes out the power at his house, Richard invites him over to a warm, welcoming home. Cut off from the rest of the world, will the two men become more than friends and neighbours? What will happen once the roads are cleared and they’re free to go their separate ways again?

Snowed In: Zack and Richard

They cuddle close for more than warmth, and Zack falls asleep in Richard’s arms.


He wakes up with a slightly stiff neck, from the way he’s had it resting on Richard’s shoulder, and for a moment he’s not sure what woke him up, but he’s sure something did. Then he hears it, banging and barking, the sound of shovels on snow.


“Richard, wake up,” Zack says, shaking a lightly snoring Richard as he climbs over him and out of bed.


“What’s wrong, babe?” Richard says sleepily, and Zack kind of likes the pet name.


“Something is going on outside.” Zack holds his pants up and finds a sweater of Richard’s to put on. Richard is quickly out of bed and finding shoes for them both.


Chapter 12