Dave Johnson is closing up his bar in the early hours of the morning when he rescues a young Goth who identifies himself only as Kyle. When Dave realizes Kyle has nowhere to go, he offers to let the young man stay at his place.<br><br>Kyle is sexy and surrounded by mystery, and rather tight-lipped about it all. But he soon worms his way into Dave's life and heart. Yet dark secrets have a way of coming out at the most inopportune times, and Kyle's past life may catch up to the men sooner than either of them expected.

Beyond the Norm

“Kyle, are you ready to eat?” he yelled from the kitchen.


Kyle walked into the kitchen holding up one of Dave’s purchases. “Is this a smoker’s patch?”


Dave cleared his throat, feeling his face heat—and not from standing over the pan on the stove. “Yeah, I thought…maybe.” He shrugged.


Kyle laughed. “You’re too cute, you know that?”


Dave glanced at him in surprise. His reaction was not what Dave had been expecting. He had expected Kyle to be irritated, maybe even to tell Dave to mind his own business. “You don’t mind?”


“Nah. Want to put it on me?” Kyle asked. His voice had dropped low and soft, ridiculously seductive.


Dave licked his lips and came forward to take the patch from Kyle. The way his cock perked up, Kyle might as well have said “Put this condom on me” or “Could you stick that cock in me?” or something. He blew out a breath, pushed up the sleeve of Kyle’s shirt, and attached the patch to the other man’s skin.


Chapter 10