About Take it Slow

by Taylor Lochland
28 pages / 5800 words
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Graham is determined to run a marathon in honor of his partner, who died two years ago. Unfortunately, a knee injury has sidelined him, and his orthopedist, Dr. Dmitri Markov, tells him not to rush his recovery. Even though he's not ready, Graham runs a 15K race at the Traverse City Cherry Festival, and aggravates his injury again. Dr. Markov is at the festival, and catches Graham in the act. After the doctor gives Graham a hard time for ignoring his orders, the two men spend the day together.

As they get to know each other and the mutual attraction becomes evident, Graham realizes that he isn’t the only one in need of healing. Will Graham be able to slow things down enough to give Dmitri's wounds time to heal?

Sample

Graham gasped when the doctor's fingers pressed on his knee.

"Does that hurt?" The Russian accent in the doctor's voice was lighter than normal. Or maybe Graham's attention was too drawn by the warm breath on his cheek to pay it any mind.

Graham swallowed and waited for his heartbeat to return to its regular rate. "No, it's fine."

The doctor squeezed and poked a few more times. "Are you sure? Your face flushed. It's important for me to know these things."

Graham shook his head, grateful for his slightly too-long T-shirt. He'd been celibate for over two years, and now the slightest touch sent his body into overdrive. It didn't help that the one touching him was a hot foreign doctor with amazing gray eyes and full, kissable lips. God, I really need to get laid. "It's fine, Dr. Markov. Well, much better than it was, anyway."

"We'll take better." Dr. Markov dropped his hand and turned away to write something on Graham's paperwork, but not before a smile flashed across his face. "You're still doing your PT exercises at home, yes?"

"Every day. Usually at work, when I need a break from sitting on my ass in front of the computer."

"Work, home, doesn't matter, as long as you do them. You'll need to keep doing them for some time yet."

"I figured." Graham flexed his leg and let it drop in an attempt to stop the tingles in his skin. "How long before I can race again?"

Dr. Markov flipped the chart closed and set it down on the table. "You have to take it slow. Your physical therapist should have told you this."

"She did. I want a second opinion."

"Ah. Then here is my opinion. Get back to your training, but don't rush things. See how you feel after a few short runs. No marathons unless you want to be, as they say, laid up again."