“TIM! OH MY GOD! What the hell are you doing?” he said.
“Javier, I need to know. I need to know why you told my landlord you were my boyfriend.”
There was silence.
“Javier?”
There was a groan. “Tim, you… you got me just as I…”
“You came? Already?”
I heard the roll of the toilet paper dispensing. “Well, I kind of had a running start. As you saw.”
I laughed.
The toilet flushed and soon the door opened. He was adjusting his crotch through his shorts. His nipples were erect. I tried to ignore the weighted thing flopping in his pants like a spent hose. “Tim,” he said, “about your landlord. I didn’t want him to think you were just letting anyone stay. So I took a little liberty. I hope you don’t mind but I said I was your boyfriend.”
I just stared at him for a moment. “No, I don’t mind.”
His face was flush. There was a bit of perspiration on his forehead. He wiped it with the back of his hand.
“If… if you were… you know… gay, do you think it would be true?”
“Yes,” he said and put his index finger to my lips as if trying to quiet me. “Don’t second-guess yourself.”
“Javier?” I asked. His finger was still on my lip. “Did you wash your hands?”
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One Nightstand
Doug’s not good with one-night stands, yet in the early hours of Christmas Eve, he returns home with Kirk—a good-looking guy he met at the club. Nestled together in the kitchen of his New England cottage, sipping hot chocolate and watching the snow fall, Doug wishes there could be more to this casual encounter. It’s a feeling that stays with him as he heads off to a frantic day of work at the mall, swamped with last-minute holiday shoppers…the last place he expects to find something magical.
A story from Boughs of Evergreen Holiday Anthology. Proceeds go to The Trevor Project.
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Not Sure Boys
Not Sure Boys features three shorts that read as individual narratives or as one story.
There’s plenty to laugh about with these characters, but their stories also prove genuine and touching as the characters try to make their way in a confusing world. Whether you’re gay or straight, you’ll find something to relate to.
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Painting with Wine
Painting with Wine is a gay-thriller romance set in the cold, dark winter of New England. Let the intensity of this story warm you. It’s a love story gone wrong—and a discovery gone right.
Have you ever thought about getting back with your ex?
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Never Kiss
Tony—out of work from the Great Recession—films straight guys getting off and sells the footage on the Internet to make a living. One day, bothered by the clatter of a jackhammer outside, he goes to investigate and finds a Clark Kent lookalike digging a ditch in front of his complex. Superman needs a break, and Tony invites him in.
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