Luke never expected a wrong turn toward a wildfire to leave him breathless in Captain Dean Strickland’s brush truck, discovering just how quickly a soot-streaked hand on his thigh can burn through twenty-two years of calling himself straight.
Nor did the reckless college senior guess how right it would feel to arrive at Station Seven with swollen lips, an aching body, and three more firefighters watching him closely enough to know exactly what their captain started on the drive back.
Shep, Mack, and Rico have spent years working beside Dean. They know what a nervous new recruit looks like, and they are offering Luke the kind of hands-on initiation that leaves every curiosity explored, every excuse stripped away, and no doubt about what happens when he chooses the training coats instead of the spare bunk.
Luke soon learns Dean was only the first lesson. The crew will not stop until their newest stray has taken everything he asked for, given them every reaction he tried to hide, and admitted that returning to the fire was the best bad decision he ever made. By morning, Station Seven has an open trainee position, Luke has nowhere else he wants to be, and the men are already planning his next round of after-hours instruction.
HIGH HEAT WARNING! 8.4k+ smoke-soaked words. Includes: first time, age gap, firefighter fantasy, complete straight-to-bi awakening, four-on-one attention, prolonged teasing, multiple partners, enthusiastic consent, internal release, attentive aftercare, and a live-in training opportunity with benefits far beyond the official job description. MM/MMM+!
