"Nine months ago, Tommy, a nurse, and Jared, a fire fighter met at by accident, literally. Their relationship is red hot from the start, and Tommy can hardly believe how lucky he is.
But after nine months together, Tommy has a big fight and doesn’t talk to Jared for two days. Is it over? Tommy was never really sure he was the hot fireman’s type anyway, especially when Jared has been stingy with declarations of love. But when they finally reconnect, Jared makes it clear he only wants to come home to Tommy.
Note: This short story was originally published in the charity collection, Love Is Proud."
Coming Home By Shawn Lane We’d had the fight two days ago. We hadn’t spoken to each other since, even by texts. Two days probably wouldn’t seem like a lot to most people. But to us, it was. I’d met Jared Landon nine months ago. Our initial meeting had been fraught with stress and had hardly been conducive to eventually dating. Jared was a firefighter whose station had been called to an accident scene. I was a nurse who had stopped to see if I could lend a hand. From there we started talking and somehow, perhaps on purpose, I had let it slip I was gay. I was more than a little surprised when Jared asked me out. Not exactly because he was gay, but more that someone who looked like him—all muscles and chiseled jaw, and sky blue eyes—would want to go out with someone like me. We’d been to