He settles in a sleepy little town just outside of Denver, renting a small house from the local mechanic, and trying to lay low until he figures out what he wants to do with his life. When his husband is involved in a scandal with a student, Wyatt spends all of his energy to clear his name, then quickly escapes Canada for the US. His inability to read, aphasia, and stammer make it difficult for him to maintain any semblance of normal when it comes to relationships.Wyatt Adley has dealt with his fair share of disaster when it comes to marriage. But as comforting as the guys at Irons and Works are, he can't deny that he's lonely. He escapes into the world of tattooing, settling in Fairfield, Colorado, surrounded by the only people who had ever offered him unconditional support.

A traumatic brain injury derails his life, and Mat finds himself dumped by his wife, out of a job, and rejected by his family. Then, at the hands of a reckless driver, all of it changed. He married his college sweetheart, and his residency at the hospital was showing a promising career ahead. But as comforting as the guys at Irons and.

Stick and Poke by E.M. Lindsey