Fix Me Slowly – A mechanic x Doctor mm romance Doctor Richard Maxwell is tired of being hurt. After escaping a long, emotionally bruising relationship, the forty-four-year-old orthopedic specialist packs up his quiet dignity, his books, and his broken confidence and flees to Maple Grove for a fresh start. A new clinic. A slower life. Absolutely no dating. Then his car breaks down on the side of the road—because the universe is a menace—and Max finds himself holding an injured fox when rescue arrives in the form of a tattooed mechanic with long dark hair, piercings, grease-stained hands, and the warmest eyes he’s ever seen. Lee Smith is thirty-one, blue-collar, confident, and built like a man who wrestles engines into submission for fun. The moment he sees Max—blond, brilliant, soft-spoken, and trembling just a little—Lee’s whole world tilts. This gorgeous, shy intellectual? This man who blushes when spoken to gently? Yeah. He’s it. For Lee, it’s instant. Instinctive. A pull he can’t—and won’t—ignore. For Max, it’s unthinkable. Beautiful, younger men don’t fall for men like him. Not bookish, anxious doctors who sleep with a stuffed animal and pretend they don’t crave someone steady to lean on. But Lee isn’t deterred. Not by Max’s walls. Not by the age gap. Not by the differences in their worlds. Lee sees every hidden part of Max—and loves them. And he’s determined to show Max that he deserves tenderness, devotion… and a Daddy who will never walk away. A shy forty-something doctor. A younger, blue-collar Daddy with a soft heart and a wicked smile. A slow-burn healing romance where trust is earned, desire grows slow and deep, and love feels like coming home. Welcome to Maple Grove—where even the most guarded hearts find someone patient enough to stay.