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

Dax murmured something against Kyle’s lips and pushed him down on the mattress.


Sex with Dax was fairly tame. Sweet and gentle, almost like he was afraid to hurt Kyle in any way. As it was, Dax had insisted they wait until Kyle turned eighteen even though he’d already had sex when Dax took him in.


Dave was gone when Kyle woke, his sleep disturbed by unpleasant dreams. He stared at the ceiling for a moment, wondering why he had begun to dream about Dax. He’d hoped to put all that behind him. Of course, that would be very hard with him having to constantly look over his shoulder, afraid of who might be after him.


He rose from the bed and went into the bathroom to take a leak. He noticed a lined piece of paper by the faucet as he washed his hands. A note from Dave saying he went to the store.


Chapter 19