Patton Cooper won three national championships as the starting quarterback for the Los Angeles Marauders, but that didn’t stop them from trading him to Phoenix without so much as a warning. At thirty-two, he finds himself weighed down by old injuries and forced to start over again as a backup quarterback for an untried rookie. Deeply hurt by the betrayal of both his team and his ex-lover, Patton keeps to himself and takes what solace he can in football.<br><br>Cornerback DeShawn Jones has loved two things in his life -- football and Patton Cooper. It seems like his dreams have come true when he’s drafted to play for the Phoenix Wildcats, until he realizes the coach has no intention of letting him start, and his childhood hero is a withdrawn, wary man. But DeShawn refuses to give up on his dreams of playing, or his hope of reaching Patton.<br><br>A tentative connection forms between the two men, but the pressures of the game may be too much for the relationship to withstand. Especially when DeShawn is given the chance of a lifetime while Patton struggles not to relive the mistakes from his past.

Mr. November

Some nights DeShawn wished he’d never gotten himself tangled up in Patton Cooper’s life. Mostly though, he relived the moments they had together, both the good and the bad. At night he thought about the way Patton drove into DeShawn’s ass, body flexing with each hard thrust, breath hot on the back of his neck. Somebody in the locker room used the same soap as Patton, which had triggered one very unfortunately timed boner. He’d hidden in the toilet until it finally went away, thankful that nobody had noticed before he shuffled away.


He was smart enough to avoid further entanglement, opting to work out when he felt the urge to find a not-so-nice boy to bring back to his hotel.


Chapter 49