Troy Ashton is not gay! He thought his life was all mapped out for him -- he’d get his sotan cape after he turned eighteen, be paired with his female life mate, and be gifted with his superpowers. However, the Council for Sotan Affairs has other plans for Troy. They selected him to be a tuohygan -- the only one of his generation -- and they’ve paired him with a male omega. Troy likes the idea of being a tuohygan: they’re faster, stronger, and have a greater range of superpowers than sotans. Plus he gets to prefix his name with Super. But ... he isn’t gay! So no thank you. The pain of remaining unbonded from his omega is intense, but Troy is determined he won’t give in and marry another man. That is until his and Beck Dolan’s paths cross. Troy literally flies to the rescue when he sees a man falling into a lake. There’s something about him that calls to Troy’s inborn need to protect. Just being around Beck eases something inside of Troy, centering and calming him. Could Troy be not as straight as he thought? Coming out is traumatic. Mostly because Troy’s family already knew or strongly suspected he was gay. He doesn’t understand how they could know but he didn’t. He’s a jock -- captain of both his high school and college football teams, doesn’t that mean he’s straight? He also experiences a few growing pains with his newfound powers, the most visible of which are the dents in Beck’s trashcan when he misjudges his landings when he flies in to rescue his man. Troy soon adapts to his role as both tuohygan and husband. However, Troy grows concerned when Beck starts getting sick to his stomach in the mornings, and what’s with the sudden craving for fish, the smellier the better? Life as SuperTroy is certainly more adventurous than he could ever have imagined.

The Adventures of SuperTroy

“So,” Adam said after a minute or so of silence. He set his bottle of pop on a coffee table without using a coaster.


“Yeah.” Troy shifted in his chair, making the leather creak. He felt awkward but plowed ahead, wanting to get his news off his chest. “You know I was told I was a tuohygan when I was twenty-one?”


“I turned it down ‘cause the CSA asked something of me I wasn’t prepared to do.”


“Well, I changed my mind. I thought I could help a lot of folks if I got my cape.” Troy realized he was figuring this out as he was speaking. “What they wanted me to do was pair up with a dude. A male skol or omega as they call them.”


Adam seemed to perk up and moved to the edge of his chair.


“Dunno if that makes me gay or what. But…” Troy winced. He was gay. “Being with another dude doesn’t seem as bad as I thought it’d be.”


“Oh, man!” Adam beamed and nodded his head excitedly.


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