Colin Hunt, a vivacious and outspoken art student, is a comic-reading, anime-loving, all-around geek. What he lacks in size, he most definitely makes up for in personality. But things have been tough for him lately. A heavy workload. A showcase to prepare for his final. A sick mother to take care of. Ever the optimist, he's more interested in finding someone to have some fun with rather than finding anyone serious. For Dexter Erikson, life has been difficult ever since an accident left him in foster care and cost him part of his arm. After discovering music therapy, he found an outlet for his pain and the perfect way to express himself. Now, sporting tattoos and piercings, Dexter is the lead singer of a pretty kick-ass punk rock band and owns the stage like it's nobody's business. He’s also goofy and dorky, shy and bashful, with a bad habit of falling in love yet a horrible fear of commitment. So what happens when vivacious geek meets shy punk rocker? The first answer is a lot of sex. The second answer might bring both Colin and Dexter to places they never dreamed possible.

Rock and Roll Chose Me

“No, Colin,” he whispered. “It doesn’t.” When the heartbroken expression crushed Colin’s face, Dexter held onto his shoulders and told him, “It gets easier. I swear, it does. There’s going to be a big hole, for a long time. For a while you’ll think it’ll never go away, and you’ll feel it, always on birthdays and holidays and random days, but…it’ll be filled, I promise. With good times and love and friends. It will.”


Colin leaned the edge of his brow against Dexter’s chest and cried for a long time. Dexter held him in his arms. Rocked him gently. People passed by them, some of them staring, others not paying one bit of attention. They stayed like that for an immeasurable amount of time until Colin said something about going home.


They went back to Colin’s place and, really, Colin was doing so much better by the time they got there.


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