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

His heart beats wildly at the sight of florescent orange in the distance. The colorful band is seen through the thick jungle, to Jason’s right, and near the Gulf. Jason’s pleased to take in the familiar swim trunks that he hates, although they are Dillon’s favorite. When Jason exits the pathway, keeping his view to the far right and water, quickening his pace again, he watches Dillon walk up and over the beach in his orange trunks. Dillon carries a dark green and hulking paddleboard under his right arm.


Dillon grins, wet hair dripping down and over his chiseled face. Slick chest. Gulf water soaking his orange suit. “Hey, babe!” he calls out, evidently happy to see him.


Jason feels lighter, blessed, and grounded again. He’s never been happier to see Dillon. Calm now. Less fixated. Refreshed. “You’ve been paddleboarding,” he states the obvious.


Dillon closes in on Jason. The two men don’t kiss. “You were napping. I needed some quiet time and found it on the Gulf.”


Chapter 54