Chapter 18: Chapter 18

He almost tripped over his own feet in his haste to get to his car. Yeah, let’s just start the day with a face-plant onto the tile flooring. He’d already had a frustrating morning. When he’d awakened, he’d been rock hard, and all he could think about was Caleb. God, that man was under his skin.

Over the last couple of weeks, they’d texted and phoned each other often, and had even managed to carveout a little time at the stadium, but more often than not, they couldn’t get together.

Although last Monday had been nice, he thought with a smile. More than nice. Hot, really…

The team had been at a series of away games and Lucas hadn’t seen Caleb for almost five days, although they’d talked nightly. Many of their conversations centered around getting to know each other, missing each other, and Caleb’s struggle with coming out. As for the latter, Lucas tried to be a supportive ear and not guide him one way or the other. He strongly felt it was a decision only Caleb could make.