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

“Hi there,” she said, extending her hand. “You must be either Gordy or Leo. I’ve been expecting you.”


When Gordy jumped in and began to enthusiastically praise her over the zoo, talking at a rate of what Leo was sure was a thousand words a minute while Mandy stood there, seemingly unable to do much more than beam, he was reminded of the first time he’d met Gordy—how alarming those eyes could be if one hadn’t seen them before and how charming the smile. Gordy had a remarkable way of enchanting people, and Leo couldn’t tell if it was just nature, or overt effort. Even now, at that moment, was the way that Gordy was still clinging to her hand just an oversight, or an intentional flirt?


Chapter 31