Keenan Hunter, a na?ve farm boy, quickly falls for his college roommate, Tucker Reynolds, a more sophisticated city slicker. For a time, Keenan's feelings for Tucker appear to be reciprocated, although neither man openly expresses any feelings they may have for the other. For reasons Keenan can't understand, Tucker starts to date Jane Williams, a fellow student. Keenan deals with the pain of rejection by finding another man to love. But time and again, this proves unsuccessful. Tucker has captured Keenan's heart and no one else can match the forever love Keenan thought he had with Tucker. When Tucker marries Jane, he asks Keenan to be his best man. Keenan reluctantly agrees and performs his duties, all the while hiding the pain of his broken heart. The experience leaves Keenan with a life-long aversion to weddings. Years pass and the two men drift apart. Keenan becomes the head veterinarian at an animal rescue center. And because of a three-legged Yorkshire terrier, Tucker comes back into Keenan's life. Circumstances have changed for Tucker. Will these changes finally allow Keenan to regain his forever love? Maybe weddings aren't so bad after all.

Keenan's Forever Love

This last event was billed as a bonding party. That sounded innocuous enough. However, when Tucker and Keenan arrived at the frat house, they were surprised to find the refreshment menu consisted of several kegs of beer, plates of crackers, and wheels of cheese. Alcohol had never been served at any of the rush events at Lambda House until now. It was explained by the pledge master of the day as this was Wisconsin, the beer and cheese capital of the Midwest, in order to be a real Lambda Badger, they were expected to eat cheese, drink beer, and be merry.


Keenan hadn’t done much drinking in high school. He’d never understood the point of getting stupid and making a fool of yourself. Tucker had done his share of imbibing, but nothing excessive. But in the spirit of being good Lambda Badgers, they agreed to comply. After about two hours, most of the pledges were quite drunk, and Tucker and Keenan were sporting a fair buzz.


Chapter 4