Driving in Circles

An oblivious roadie and a lighting designer with self-confidence issues…will they ever manage to communicate what they want?

All Dave wants is a low-stress job driving gig equipment around, loading and unloading, rinse and repeat. Then he can go home and spend what time he can with his kids, listen to music and gardening podcasts, and dream about the life he's never had. He's known Richie vaguely for years and he's never even thought of him as more than a workmate until recently. With two ex-wives behind him, he's never thought of himself as anything other than straight. It's a shock when he suddenly realises he has a massive crush on a guy.

It's more than a shock for Richie when Dave turns up at a Heggarty's Bow gig with an empty truck instead of a van full of kit, it's possibly career-ending. There's no time for Richie's usual low-key flirtation with the oblivious Dave whilst they're sorting out how to rig the show, but there should be plenty of time to catch up with each other properly on the drive back to London. It's not Dave's fault the steering on the van blows out on the way home.

Thrown together overnight in a hotel, will Dave confide his attraction to Richie? Or will Richie snap first and make a move? Surely all the time they've spent in the van driving around the country means they've had plenty of time to talk. Or does it?