Art teacher Stone Larrabee dreads parent/teacher conferences. One following Christmas break becomes especially awkward, when a man with whom he shared a hot anonymous hookup and a nasty argument afterward walks in. Edison Watts.<br><br>The moment they’re reunited, sexual sparks reignite. Too many conflicts force Stone to decree there can never be anything between them but the one night, though, even as fate keeps throwing them together throughout the school year, and developing feelings become hard to ignore.<br><br>Some problems are easily solved while others, including the reason for Edison’s initial attraction to Stone and the chip on Edison’s shoulder bigger than the high school’s football field, prove more difficult. Stone can teach, but he decides must also be willing to learn and grow. When Edison promises to do the same, can they find a way to make one and one equal two?

Substitute Teacher

“No. I wasn’t…Not just because I’m, like, begging.”


Stone brought the trash closer to his chest. “It’s not necess—” The crunch of plastic cups overpowered the rush of breath as the wind was knocked out of him.


Stone rolled his eyes. “I can’t move my arms. You have to let go.”


“I don’t want you to,” Stone whispered, dropping the cups and freeing his arms to get them around Edison.


“Yeah. Green, even if we are doing it all backwards.” Stone was glad so many people bolted at cleanup time.


“You mean because we had hot sex before we hugged?”


“Before I even knew your name.” Alone was better.


“So, what comes next?” Edison asked.


“I don’t know.” Stone squeezed harder. “What?”


“A kiss someday, I think,” Edison decided.


Chapter 24