One day, out of the blue, Darrin got an email notification. Someone had seen his profile on Bear Cave, a gay hookup site for bears looking for twinks and vice-versa. Whoever it was had left a message for him.
Since Darrin’s dance career had taken off he had more than enough of a social life to keep him happy and satisfied. So he’d taken down the profiles he’d posted. Evidently he’d forgotten this one.
He’d always hated meeting men that way. The encounters often turned out to be complete disasters: married men who had lied about their status, men who had grossly misrepresented their age and physical attributes, and those who were downright scary. Very few worked out. Darrin was glad to be done with that scene.
At first he ignored the notice, but didn’t delete it from his inbox. Every onc
