Involved in separate accidents. Russel and Finn end up sharing a cubicle in the ER on a busy night. As the hours pass, separately and together, they face issues of life and death, human nature, addiction, perceived shortcomings, love, romance, and sexual arousal.<br><br>Both men are feeling flirty and friendly at first, until they end up in a heated argument about what feature in a man is more important, his face or his body. After some time alone to think, Russel is eager to apologize for losing his temper and to explain where he was coming from. Unfortunately, Finn never returns from surgery, leaving Russel both sorry and worried.<br><br>Is Russel’s chance to make amends really gone? What will happen if the two ever do come face to face again? Can Russel win Finn over or will the need to prove his point screw everything up again?

An Arm and a Leg

“Thank you,” Finn said to the bespectacled woman with one crutch but no cast. She was obviously closer to “all better” than I, and maybe, just maybe, slightly charmed by the antics of two silly guys all gaga for one another. Just like Molly from the bus.


I held up my phone, leaned forward, and snapped a photo before Finn even sat all the way back in the closest seat to me yet.


“What’s that for?” he asked past the really tall man with a bandage around his pinky finger.


“Why didn’t you just ask me to trade places with your friend?” that man asked me.


“Duh.” The slap against my forehead wasn’t nearly hard enough. “A muscle head and a butter face.”


“Russel, don’t.” Finn tried to stop me from answering the stranger.


Chapter 25