Dolce - musical term, meaning "sweetly"; Con Brio - musical term, meaning "with vigor". Alec is a shy, middle-aged high school band director, who leads a quiet and lonely life. He enjoys his job, which provides him with steady income, as long as he keeps his sexuality quiet. Still, he secretly longs for something more in his life, something different, though he doesn't know exactly what that could be. Rhys is an energetic man in his mid-twenties who feels something missing in his personal life. He too longs for something more, something special, with someone who wouldn't be scared off by his tendency to feel too much too quickly. And who is preferably a cat person. Thanks to a feline escape artist, their paths cross... [A May-December M/M love story with no cheating and a HEA. Includes nosy family members, fangirling students, sweet and fluffy romance interspersed with steamy scenes and light BDSM, and one very spoiled cat.]