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

Leo nodded, “Un huh.” He tried to sound nonchalant and ended up making his voice too high. He reminded himself to blink. “Can we come in?”


Five minutes and a bread knife later, Belinda was sporting pieces of the pool noodle over her horns as if they’d picked her up a bizarre neon hat. They hadn’t even had to hold her still as she’d been so interested in trying to nibble on Fig’s hemp sweater that she’d stood in place while they fixed her up—stuffing pieces of the pool noodle over her horns by wedging them in the tiny hole that ran through the middle of it. Once on, she merely tossed her head a couple of times, then carried on, content with her new fashion accessory.


“Awesome,” Leo said. “Not too heavy, not too bulky, if they do get pulled off, the worst that might happen is she eats a couple of chunks of foam.”


“So intestinal blockage,” Jeff added. “Bloat. Esophagus and stomach obstruction…”


Chapter 25