While working security for a popular prime time television show, reservist Jared Connors meets guest star Brandon Culpepper. They are immediately drawn to each other, quickly discovering they are what the other needs.<br><br>Even though Brandon is in town only for the duration of his guest-starring role, the men have a short-term affair. When the filming is finished, however, it’s harder to let go than either expected, but Brandon has to leave for another role.<br><br>Their resolve for their relationship to be over is soon tested when each realizes their emotions are more involved than they thought. But figuring out a way for their very different lives to fit together seems an impossible task. Can they trust each other enough to find a long-term solution?

Something Like Trust

I retrieved the shirt and a black pair of slacks from my closet, both pristinely pressed and without a single wrinkle. I laid them on the end of the bed, then tossed my towel into the hamper and pulled on a pair of briefs. But as I reached for my pants, a sudden case of nerves had me stilling and breathing slowly.


The kids were right about one thing. I could count on one hand the number of actual dates I had been on. Up until recently, my life was not exactly conducive to dating. First the Corps had kept me quiet, then raising teenage siblings had kept me nearly celibate. Going out for the night and getting off in the bathroom with a willing but anonymous man could not be called dating by any stretch of the imagination. So it only made sense that I might feel a bit nervous.


But I was a Marine, for fuck’s sake. See the hill, take the hill. Nerves had no place here. And I wouldn’t let them get in the way.


A deep breath, and then I got dressed. I had a gorgeous man waiting for me.3


Chapter 7