Mike and Danny Go to College

Mike and Danny

by Rock Lane Cooper

Two men in rural 1960s Nebraska spend a winter weekend at a local college, where a lonesome artist from a Panhandle ranch and a boy with a crush on a quarterback help turn a cold day into a very warm night.

Genres: M M Romance

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Reviews

[Janie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am so glad that Bobby got with Ted. And the steam room was Hot!!

[Alvina · Rating 4 out of 5]

My review of book 3 really applies to the whole series, this is just more of the good stuff. Characters move forward grow and change, more charaters introduced, ect. The slow and steady pace, like a pleasant walk on a warm day, is maintained. Really just a solid read.

[Therese · Rating 5 out of 5]

*4.5*

This was a great, short story (ca 50 pages) about Mike and Danny going to visit Danny’s college.
When there, Danny meets up with his friend Bobby, a younger, clueless guy who has a major crush on his footballer roommate.
Another man that they go to visit is Ted, from the story Blue Paint Special. AKA Danny’s first BJ:-).
Ted is a great character, you can feel that there is more to him than we find out in this story, and his life has obviously not been the easiest.

Mike was again Mike. I adore Mike. He is such a great, down-to-earth man. There’s no big drama or jealousy when he is around.
And being a romance lover, of course the moments I love best in these stories are Mike’s thoughts on Danny.
Like when Danny is shoveling snow...:
„He watches the movement of Danny's body inside his coat, the back of his neck and his ears in the cold air, his legs in jeans planted under him on the frozen road, the tracks of his boot soles blending with Mike's. And he thinks of the man's body inside the clothes, the skin and muscle and bone, and the feel of his naked strength pressing against him.“

Or when visiting Ted in his empty house…:
“Spartan, he thinks; that's the word for it. He glances at Ted and imagines him in this house, the days, the nights, living by himself way out here. It's a cool feeling. OK for them that want that - not sharing this space with someone else. But like it or not, Mike knows he's no Spartan. That boy there, sitting down in a kitchen chair and pulling out his shirt tail to wipe the fog from his glasses, Mike's arms are empty without that boy. And he knows it.“

Or thinking about Danny’s painting session with Ted...:
“And, of course, thinking about the painting, Mike finds himself wondering about Ted and Danny together. He can't imagine having Danny in the same room naked and not wanting to touch him and hold him, kiss him and finally feel the irresistible urge to have sex with him.“

Joining them as well at Ted’s house is Bobby, and Ted invites them all to take a Sauna (luckily, Ted has a Sauna, since the old owner was from Finland:-)). Mmm, Sauna...Well, you have to be naked for that of course.

And yes, it gets hot in the Sauna…(absolutely no pun intended:-P)
Which brings me to another thing I have come to love, Danny’s breaking of the 4th wall. Every now and then, he addresses the reader, and damn it. It’s like he’s reading my dirty mind!
“If you had hopes going for a four-way there in that hot, sweaty little shed, I am sorry to have to disappoint you. For each of us, it was too good just being one of two hearts together. There's no such thing as four hearts. I don't think so anyway. Unless you're looking in a poker hand.“