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description: Carlos Medina has spent years of sweat pain effort and money becoming the man he is. He writes original songs plays lead guitar and wears his death metal front-man persona like armor. With an excellent drummer and a talented bassist his band KnifeSwitch has what it takes to succeed if they can just catch a break. But its been a long road already and theres still a mountain left to climb. Carlos isnt looking for anything more in his personal life than an occasional hook-up with a hot guy preferably outside the less-than-gay-friendly metal scene.Nate Goldstein has no intention of dating a musician. His twin brother fronts a band and he knows band guys are all busy broke and obsessed with their music. But Carlos catches his artists eye. Nate is wary - he has a history of picking the wrong guys. Still he might be willing to break some personal rules to find out whats behind Carloss dark gaze and imaginative lyrics.Getting together the first time is easy and fun. The second time is more complicated. And when music ambition and personalities clash the guys will have to decide if they have a future worth fighting for.This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's Love is an Open Road event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story. Dear AuthorI was sent to the US at the age of 10 by my father who could not accept me. You see I was misgendered at birth and I started fighting against my body at a young age. My father sent me to live with my cousins family along with enough money to pay my way for a few years. Little does he know he helped to fund the many surgeries and hormones to fulfill my dream of having my outside gender match the gender my brain has always known myself to be.What do you think Author? Not many know of his secret. He is a gay man. Is he in a gang? Is he in a band? How will he find love? How will he be accepted?Photo Description: A young bare-chested man stands staring boldly outward from below his raised arms hands pressed together in his black hair elbows winged out colorful dagger tattoos on his forearms. Another tattoo near his neck forms swirl of dark curves with Boy over his left collarbone. His biceps are strong his stomach and pecs flat his nipples small above a thin treasure trail leading downward. Below each nipple is the unmistakable long-healed scar of top surgery.This story may contain sexually explicit content and is intended for adult readers.
language: English
title: Chasing Death Metal Dreams
publisher: MMRomanceGroup.com