When Mason was seven years old, his mother began having an affair with a married man. When he was eight years old, that man divorced his wife, disowned his gay son, and moved Mason and his mother into a house bigger than Mason could have ever dreamed of. By the time he was ten, Craig Taylor was officially his father. Mason had always been grateful for it, even though a part of him was always bothered by the way his dad dropped his oldest son like it was nothing. It never matched up with the man who gave him a really good life, supported his academics and athleticism, and loved him unconditionally. Well, Mason assumes it's unconditionally. It probably wouldn't be so unconditional if Mason ever fell for a guy. But Mason has always had girlfriends, girlfriends he genuinely liked and cared for. What happened to Justin won't happen to Mason. That's what Mason tells himself until he meets Ezra Heart.

As Justin makes his way through the crowd in Herald Square, he sees a man who is almost a stranger to him now. *Officially up to date*

Justin just wanted to try a night out at a different club. He didn't expect it to make him question his whole relationship with Brian.

When Brian hears over the radio that Babylon was subjected to a bombing, all he can concentrate on is racing to his club to make sure the people he loves are alive and safe. He doesn't expect to be irreversibly injured himself. As Brian faces a slow recovery and a permanent disability, he must learn to accept the support of his friends and the love of his partner.

Sometimes Hunter felt like he was dead, sent to some version of Hell for stealing, for tricking, for ditching school, or for just being born. But his heart beating in his chest, sometimes at a slow and steady beat, sometimes at a rapid and panicked pace...It was that alone that made him realize he wasn't in Hell after all. This city, as shitty as it was to him, was his reality.

There's a new king of Babylon and, honey, he's not getting overthrown any time soon!

Brian realizes that Justin doesn't have enough room for him in his new life in L.A. He just needs to figure out how to accept that.

When Michael falls deathly ill, Ben has never been more afraid in his life. No, scratch that. When Michael falls deathly ill and disappears out of thin air minutes before the ambulance arrives, Ben has never been more afraid in his life. All he wants to do is find his husband, alive and well, and to feel like he's not going crazy. He'd also love it if this duck would stop stalking him and breaking into his house. It's the last thing he needs right now.

Brian hates his glasses. They're the one thing that reminds him he's 55 years old and not getting any younger.