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If there is one thing Dustin is good at, it"s putting up a false front. While his friends and

coworkers think he"s easy going, happy and flirtatious, inside, he"s really scarred, sad and

self-conscious.

After being in a destructive relationship that left him hurt in more ways than one, Dustin

never really recovered and is determined to never trust anyone again. So he resolves to lose

himself in his job as a paramedic while he continues to hide his true self.

Pontiac City Firefighter, Vaughn finds himself immediately attracted to Dustin the

moment he spots the paramedic at the annual EMS

Neighborhood Beautification event. Dustin is everything Vaughn likes in a man, cute,

smart and sexy. Every time he tries to get close, however, Dustin pushes him away. Undaunted,

Vaughn decides that Dustin is just playing hard to get and vows that he"ll get the other man in

his bed if it"s the last thing he does.

When Vaughn learns the secret pain Dustin has been hiding, he realizes that everything

may not be as it seems with the other man. Will Vaughn be able to convince Dustin to give love

another chance or will the paramedic forever be lost to the horrors of his past?

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Three Alarm Fire

EMS Heat

Stephani Hecht

Chapter One

t"s about time you got here,” Dustin bitched

“I as he climbed into the car.

His friend, Forrest, shot him a jaded glance before putting the car in reverse and pulling

out onto the road. “Are we in a mood today?”

“Yes, we are,” Dustin countered as he cradled his bandaged hand to his chest.

“Why? You"re usually buckets of sunshine,”

Forrest replied with just a bit of sarcasm.

“Bite me,” Dustin returned.

Forrest gave a smile, showing the insult didn"t bother him. Although to be fair, it usually

took a lot to ruffle his feathers. That was one of the reasons they got along so well together, both

at and away from work. In fact, if Dustin wanted to be honest with himself, he"d even go so far

as to say that Forrest was his best friend. He sure as hell was the only one Dustin trusted

anymore. Given what had happened to Dustin over the past couple years, that said a lot.

There"d even been a very brief time where Dustin harbored a secret crush on the other

man.

With short, dark hair and sensual do-me eyes, Forrest had the sex appeal thing down. Add

in that he was only a little bit bigger than Dustin, thus making him completely non-threatening,

and it made Forrest damn near perfect.

But then Forrest found himself a nice hunky doctor and fell in love, which meant Dustin

had to give up his crush. Although, Dustin hadn"t been too disappointed. Not that Forrest

wouldn"t have been a great catch or anything, it"s just the last thing Dustin was looking for was

a relationship.

“So why is Mr. Grumbles so cranky today?”

Forrest teased.

“Aside from the fact that you"re making me volunteer for this stupid Fix It Up thing?”

“It"s

called

the

EMS

Neighborhood

Beautification Project,” Forrest corrected. “Besides, it wouldn"t hurt you to be charitable

every now and again.”

“I"m very charitable. Just the other day I told that nurse, Abby, that her hair looked good,

even though it really reminded me of the lead singer from Twisted Sister.”

“You mean Dee Snider?”

“Who? I already told you I was talking about Abby. I don"t know anyone named Dee.”

Forrest rolled his eyes. “Dee Snider is the name of the lead singer from Twisted Sister.”

“Oh.” Dustin blushed, knowing he"d come off looking like the dumb blond piece of fluff

yet again.

“Besides, telling Abby anything about her mess of a hairstyle isn"t exactly the kind of

charity I had in mind.” Forrest gave him a sharp look. “Why are you being such an ass this

morning? I want the truth this time.”

Dustin rubbed his eyes. “I"m sorry, it"s just I"m tired. I took on an extra shift at St.

Anthony"s last night and didn"t get any sleep.”

“Again?” Forrest cocked a dark brow. “That has to be the third one this month. Isn"t the

overtime you already pick up at the ambulance company enough?”

God, Dustin wished it were. But wishing wouldn"t pay off all his overdue credit card

bills.

He couldn"t exactly share that info with Forrest, even if they were best friends. Dustin

just flashed what he prayed was a cocky smile as he shrugged.

“Hey, it"s not cheap to look this good.”

As hoped for, Forrest rolled his eyes. “Damn, Dustin. When are you going to learn that

there"s more to life than fun and good looks?”

“Hopefully never,” Dustin deadpanned, even as his stomach did a neat flip. Desperate to

change the subject, Dustin held up his bandaged arm.

“Aren"t you even going to ask me what happened?”

“I"m almost afraid to, but I guess I"ll bite. What happened to your arm?”

“Just that! I got bit,” Dustin exclaimed.

“You"re kidding me?” Forrest"s eyes grew wide with shock.

“No, some fucker gnawed the hell out of me and not in a good way either.”

“Who did it?”

“Skeeter.”

Forrest"s short burst of laughter did nothing to make Dustin feel better.

“You could try having some sympathy for me,”

he snapped.

“I know, it"s just…Skeeter? Really?”

“Sure, why not?”

“Well, let"s see. Number one, he"s eighty-six and, number two, he probably doesn"t tip

over one hundred on the scales.” Even though he"d stopped laughing, the corners of Forrest"s

mouth twitched.

Dustin gave an outraged gasp. If he didn"t know better, he could have sworn that Forrest

was actually enjoying his humiliation. “I"ll have you know that Skeeter can be damn wily when

he wants to be.”

“Okay, maybe I"ll give you that, but how about the fact he only has one tooth. How in the

hell do you get bit by somebody who mostly has gums?”

“It may have only been one tooth, but it did a mouthful"s worth of damage,” Dustin

protested.

“Is that why the bandage is so big?”

Dustin glanced down, now that Forrest mentioned it, the bandage was a tad bit bulky.

“Well, he may have bit me more than once.”

“How many times did he get you?”

“Six,” Dustin admitted. “Abby didn"t have one of his wrist restraints on right and he got

lose.”

“Did she at least come in and help you get Skeeter back under control?”

“Yeah, my screams brought in almost the whole ER staff.” Dustin gave a sigh of despair.

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