I thoroughly enjoyed that. This ability some of us have to carry the world around us and just carry on, is shown up so starkly in this first chapter. Here we have two men who not only find an incredibly hot human being, but potentially a person with whom they can relax totally, who will share the weight of their worlds and in that sharing provide a serenity they had longed for but never thought they would find.
I LOVE the fact that these are mature men and not teenagers and find it so much easier to identify with them.