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

“Okay, okay, Belinda, we get it.” Leo walked to the door. “Call me if you need anything at all.”


“Anything,” Gordy said with a smile, finally looking into Leo’s eyes.


“Absolutely anything.” Leo opened the door. “Anytime. Anywhere.”


“Not yet,” Leo said, grinning. He stopped in the hallway and turned back to face Gordy. “But I figure if I keep trying, you just might.”


“Yeah.” Gordy put his hand on the door. “I might.” Without so much as a wave, he closed the door.


“But he was smiling,” Leo whispered. He shoved open the fire door. “All hope is not lost yet, boys,” he told the empty stairwell, voice booming like a drill sergeant. “After all, only the fool believes bamboo grows ninety feet in five weeks.”


Leo jumped at the voice and peeked over the railing at the same time that a blue-grey-haired head popped over from below. “Whoops. I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were there.”


Chapter 22