title: Uniform Encounters: Set Ablaze
author: Knight, Morticia
description: Hunky fire chief Eric is out of the closet after twenty years of marriage. Can he find true love, or will a spate of arson fires destroy his chances with Tom, the sexy young fire-fighter? Eric is a fire chief in Mesa, Arizona where he's lived all of his life. A hunky Norse god like man, he has finally come out of the closet after twenty years of marriage. Now his wife hates him, his son won't speak to him, a town crazy wants him fired, and there's a rash of arson fires destroying some of the beautiful historic homes in the area. To let off steam, he's been tempted to explore his long repressed sexuality with his son's twenty year-old friend. Tom, a twenty-eight year-old fire-fighter from Texas, is desperate to get away from his dad's prejudice about his sexuality, and an unstable relationship that just recently ended. He takes a temporary position in Mesa where he sets eyes on the most gorgeous male specimen he's ever seen in the form of the fire chief, Eric Anderson. Convinced the chief is straight, he accidentally catches him one night with a young guy, and is now determined to let the chief know he's interested. Eric is adamant that they can only be friends, even though he finds the sweet young Tom adorable. The pressures on Eric increase as his ex-wife becomes a suspect, and the town crazy tries to blame the arson fires on him. Will he allow himself to find real love with the sexy Tom, or will his world be destroyed by all of the city's accusations and his family's lack of acceptance?