Jason Mann needs a vacation, badly. A psychologist, he feels like he works all the time and plays very little. Honestly, he just wants to go away with his ruggedly handsome boyfriend, policeman Dillon Snyder. He doesn’t care where, but hopefully soon.<br><br>A vacation isn’t easy to plan in their lives, though. Jason has his string of patients he helps, and Dillon cleans up the streets as an officer of the law. Plus, their friend Gillian pulls them in different directions, always demanding. Something has to give, and quickly. Before Jason loses his mind over his job and friend, he desperately needs to get away.<br><br>When Dillon has an opportunity to fly south for a vacation in Florida for eleven days, Jason’s on board. But with every treat in life comes a price. Will this adventure and a colony of nudists rip the two men apart, or will their days of fun in the sun only bring them closer together?

Rugged Mann

The break ruined Ben’s career and his relationships, including the one with Jason. Ben became monstrous for over a year, a villain because he had loved the game of hockey and could no longer play. He became primal and vicious. A nuisance for those around him. Grumpy. Mean. And abusive. Since he couldn’t skate, he decided to use his fists on people: his hockey friends, his younger brother, close buddies, and Jason. Jason ended up with two black eyes and a broken rib. He ditched Ben; the only answer to his physical pain.


Once Ben lost pretty much everything and everyone in his life, he reached a turning point and realized he’d never get back on the ice. He attempted to repair his relationships with those close around him. His hockey buddies forgave him, as well as his little brother. Some of those relationships thrived. The one with Jason didn’t. Life turned sour sometimes. In this case, it did. Jason wanted nothing to do with the guy.


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