Antique dealer Christopher Gleason isn't looking for love. He isn't even looking for a one-night stand. But when a young man with an innocent smile offers to buy him a drink one night, he accepts. He's even tempted to take it further, until he learns the innocence isn't an act. Though he can't deny his attraction, or the fact that he likes the young man quite a bit, Christopher puts him off. He'd rather be friends than risk hurting him.<br><br>Gage Kimball fled Salt Lake City for Los Angeles with his guitars, what little money he had, and no friends. Raised in a devout Mormon family within a tightly knit community, he's never had the chance to be himself or explore his sexuality. Until now. Christopher supplies the emotional support Gage needs, but Gage wants more than friendship. Even at the risk of everything he has left.

All That You Do

“Bodie’s jealous because he’s known me a lot longer than you have. He can read me a hell of a lot better than I would like.” He took a deep breath. “All I can say is, if I was in Bodie’s shoes, and you were mine, and I saw him having the same thoughts about you that I’ve been…I would’ve tied you to the bed to make sure you didn’t go anywhere with him.”


Gage took a step closer. Then another. “What thoughts?”


“The same thoughts I’ve always had. The ones that keep me awake at night because I can’t stop seeing you in my head. The ones that make me take on stupid bets because it kills me that I had this same chance Bodie has and I blew it.” Once the confessions started, he couldn’t get them to stop. “I couldn’t even risk getting a single room here, because I didn’t trust myself to keep my hands off you. Those kinds of thoughts.”


Another tentative step toward Christopher. Now, their knees almost touched. “I was disappointed you got a separate room.”


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