With a final clearing of his throat, Carter managed a smile and said, “Lizzie. “I saw you walk in and had to come over and see if it was really you!” she exclaimed. He turned, coughing and sputtering, and squinted through his tears at the woman standing behind him.Īuburn hair done up tall, bright green eyes that could be nothing other than colored contact lenses, a pert, upturned nose, and a broad mouth filled with teeth laser-whitened to solar flare level.Ĭarter’s heart stuttered with surprise and dread as he struggled to clear his airway. The sound startled him so much he choked on his beer and started to cough. He lifted his bottle to salute Don and had just taken a swig when a piercingly high voice shrieked from just behind him. Carter ordered a beer from Don, and then fished a couple of singles out of his wallet for a tip.

Vic winked again before threading his way through the crowd, greeting people as he slid past them. I’m going to make a round of the bar, but when I return, I hope to find you talking with someone, and not just leaning on the bar all alone.” “The first two drinks are on me to help you relax. “Happy Valentine’s Day, Carter,” Vic said. “Oh, you don’t have to do that,” Carter insisted. Vic leaned in over the bar and said to the bartender, “Don, this is my good friend, Carter. When he reached the bar, Carter was relieved to see people wearing shirts and pants instead of just diapers and short shorts. Didn’t these people realize it was February in Boston? These men gave him a brief glance, maybe a quick smile, but were busy talking to each other or women who were also baring a lot of skin. The men he slid past were shirtless, some wearing just white loin cloths or even cloth diapers along with feathered wings strapped around their broad chests. At first, Carter thought he was way overdressed. Vic, the organizer, led the way, squeezing past the men and women standing in the doorway and forging a path for Carter to follow. The Cupid Crawl is a funny, sweet, and steamy opposites attract, divorced bi-sexual dad, slight age gap story that takes place in the Williamsville Inn series world, and features characters from the Christmas stories Snowflakes and Song Lyrics by Hank Edwards and Snowstorms and Second Chances by Brigham Vaughn. But as the Cupid Crawl hops from bar to bar, the two seem to naturally gravitate toward each other, and before he realizes it, Carter’s succumbed to the magic of Valentine’s Day and ditched the hook-up app to spend all his time with Harry. Harry’s definitely not the type of guy Carter would ever swipe right for. But once he learns about the Cupid Crawl-a bar crawl covering a half dozen bars, both gay and straight-he decides on a change of plans.Īt the first bar, Carter meets Harry, a divorced dad coming out later in life, and he’s far from impressed. A day that will change their lives.Ĭarter Walsh will be alone on Valentine’s Day, and his plans include a candy sampler of hook-ups.

Fake Date Flip-Flop by Hank Edwards