The Halloween Costume. Short Sweet & Sensual, #1

Tim visits his friend Charles' costume shop after hours-an unusual invitation that already feels charged with tension. Charles, charming but awkward, greets him in costume and leads him into the closed-off back rooms, where he's prepared an array of outfits chosen with suspiciously perfect insight. As Tim tries them on, the usual playful flirting between them deepens into something hotter, heavier-something neither of them has ever dared to name.
Then the lights suddenly go out, and in the darkness Charles' presence changes. When the room glows back to life, he's no longer just the sweet shop owner Tim knows; he's intense, hungry, and impossible to ignore. By the end of the night, Tim realizes the truth:he's crossed a line with Charles-and now nothing between them will ever be the same.