An age-gap M/M romance novella about recognizing what you need ... and how to ask for it.

Xi Duarte was still getting acquainted with the patients at Therapy Shop when Harry Sterling came through the door. All Xi could do for Harry that night was help the massage therapist. It was a surprise to realize he wished he could do more. Harry wasn't Xi's type, but something about him was hard to forget.

The latest episode of acute back pain was one too many: Harry couldn't take it anymore. Coming that close to breaking down, in front of that incredible-looking guy at Therapy Shop, tipped him over from resigned to angry. Two years of medical consultations got him nowhere. It was time to try a shrink.

Six months later, Xi saw Harry again, outside the coffee shop. It was the perfect opportunity to get to know each other ... and they were thorough. Now they needed to know if this was simply a spring affair, or if it was the connection they'd both been wishing for.

Adult situations, themes, and language; 29,700 words and a happy ending.