Living in downtown Toronto can be expensive and frustrating, but Leo is willing to deal with the traffic and working the overtime in order to experience everything else the city has to offer. Or would be, if he had any energy left to do so. The fact that his upstairs neighbour is making more noise that a herd of elephants isn't helping things either. Tired, irritated, and on the verge of losing his patience, Leo knows that things have got to change.<br><br>Gordy is one of the most attractive young men that Leo has ever met, and Leo has no doubt in his mind that Gordy has been using those good looks to get whatever he wants for a very long time. So when Gordy starts turning on the charm, Leo can't help but wonder if it's actual interest or merely appeasement.<br><br>Together they're going to try and figure out just what can be done with Gordy's new roommate -- an energetic, excitable, and very noisy young goat whose visit comes with a deathbed promise and a tight family bond. What Leo doesn't realise is that she also comes with an ability to make him understand more about himself than he could have ever imagined he needed to learn.

Gordy's Got a Problem

This time Leo checked the laugh that tried to get out, and even managed to kill a smile as well. “They’re not, but they’re rubber.” He walked to the back of the truck, sliding his palms against each other in what he hoped was a suitable gesture for friction. “They stick, right? I mean, their job is to stay in place. So, dragging them, especially when they’re stacked up with each other is going to make them all but immobile.”


“Then how do we…” Gordy tilted his head, as if trying to figure out the mathematics of it all. At that moment, he looked more like Belinda than Leo would ever dare to say.


Leo lowered the tailgate and hopped in the back of his truck. He reached for both sides of the top mat and rolled them into each other. Then he scooped up the rolled mat effortlessly. “Like this.” He handed it to Gordy. “Just like a carpet. I should have taped them, but I don’t think they’ll give us too much trouble. You can just—”


Chapter 19