Tom can’t catch a break when it comes to his love life. He isn’t good with romance, as his exes told him in uncharitable terms, and he’s starting to wonder if there’s something wrong with him. So when he finds himself attracted to his temporary roommate, he’s afraid of being called inadequate all over again.<br><br>Alex has serious anxiety which make his life a challenge and his dating prospects slim to nonexistent. He assumes Tom isn’t interested in him because men never are. It’s a pleasant surprise to start a friends-with-benefits relationship, so Alex goes out on a limb in an attempt to impress Tom. When it backfires spectacularly, he thinks all hope is lost.<br><br>Both men are held back by past rejections. Will a minor crisis bring them together ... or tear them apart?

Acts of Service

“I’m here,” Tom said. “Let me know when you’re ready and what I can do.”


“Even after this afternoon’s disaster?” Normally, after something like that panic attack, he’d assume a person wouldn’t want to be anywhere in the vicinity of him in a driver’s seat. Tom was obviously different, but it was going to take some time to determine just how different.


“It wasn’t a disaster. You didn’t cause an accident.”


“That’s true. It’s hard to crash when you only drive two yards.”


Tom reached over to take Alex’s hand, which meant he drove one-handed. It didn’t seem like a very good idea at first glance, but their voyage suffered no ill effects that Alex could see. Maybe good drivers were able to go along straight roads just fine with only one hand on the wheel. Alex wouldn’t know.


He didn’t want to give Tom’s hand up, so he decided to take a leap of faith and trust in Tom’s ability to know his own driving limits.


Chapter 27