Royce
Charter was happy with his life. A Firefighter for Del Norte County Fire
Department, most of his shifts found him in the forests surrounding northern
California. The only thing that bothered him was his past and where it left
him. Family was a big part of it, his brother a firefighter too, though he
worked back in Royce’s home state of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah…where the rest
of his Fundamentalist Mormon family lived.
What
Royce had lived through was a secret he kept well hidden, along with his orientation.
He struggled enough as it was to reconcile his upbringing with his desires.
Which had left him a twenty-four year old virgin. But one thing was certain,
there was no guilt that he’d began his mission, only to do what he wanted and
never return. Now, he was free or so he believed.
But
he was lonely too. A loneliness that consumed him when he wasn’t working. He
wasn’t sure what to do about it, never having dated, or approached a man, or
even been kissed. He didn’t even have experience with women. He’d be ashamed of
all of it, if he hadn’t been subjected to the way of life his family led. It
was wrong, but it had taken him years to figure that out, not knowing any
better. It was his best friend’s older brother that enlightened him and gave
him the courage to run.
*****
Jannen
Correlle was a suspicious hermit that protected his lone cabin deep in the
forests of northern California. Once a prostitute in the mean streets of Los
Angeles, he escaped that life to hide away from humanity. He buried the pain of
his past and lived out a simple life that was peaceful and quiet and he
cherished his solitude.
That
is, until a careless camper started a forest fire that threatened his home and
his life. But Jannen wasn’t leaving. No way was he giving up the peace he’d
found. But it was difficult with firefighters crawling all over his land, one
in particular. He didn’t know his name and was angry that he was attracted to
the guy. He’d given up on anything that had to do with sex, and intimacy was
not something he’d ever experienced or wanted.
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