
Love can sometimes be sweet, sometimes bitter. High schooler Daulton is about to discover these truths. His boyfriend, Jerrod, is diabetic and may be in real danger if an upcoming surgery fails to heal him. And like everything sweet, with boys there's temptation... This modern fairy tale of young love—a finalist for the 2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Short Story—is included in Steve Berman's story collection SECOND THOUGHTS.
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Some tidbits about me... I turned down a scholarship to Miskatonic University because I heard of the high rate of incidents against the student population. I briefly worked for Omni Consumer Products in their Marketing Department. Great benefits, nice cafeteria, sadly too prone to executive whim. Last year I stayed at the noted Mauna Pele resort in Hawaii. The accommodations were impressive but my traveling companion disappeared soon after wanting to attend a pig roast. I've slept with one minor porn star and with a guy who later became one. And I happen to have written some fanfic that inspired the memorable holodeck scene in Star Trek: Hidden Frontiers episode "Vigil"