Wyatt Abbot is 19. On the outside, he lives the perfect life. He has a loving family, he’s wealthy, and he has just been given the opportunity to travel to Paris and train under one of the world’s best pastry chefs. But underneath all that, Wyatt is struggling. He’s battling anxiety, he’s scared of the future, and he’s struggling to come to terms with the fact that he’s genderfluid.<br><br>Izzy Kostas is 28, and on parole. When he gets a job at Abbot Organic Produce, it’s a chance for a new start. Izzy has his own demons he’s trying to overcome, but meeting Wyatt throws even more complications his way. Izzy has always thought of himself as straight, and certainly didn’t expect to fall for his boss’s little brother.<br><br>When Izzy is blamed for putting the Abbots at risk, it jeopardizes everything he and Wyatt have begun to build together. Izzy knows how important family is to Wyatt, and he doesn’t want him to have to take sides. But when it comes to found families, nobody is perfect, and there’s always room for another seat at the table.

Recipe for Two

Justin had told him they needed epinephrine anyway because the bees and other potential allergic reactions. He’d said all it would take is a worker having a nut allergy and touching or accidentally eating a cookie or a piece of chocolate with nuts in it. It wasn’t just Izzy, was the point.


He tried not to feel guilty, but it was a process.


He also hated that he’d worried Wyatt so much. He could tell it in every touch and kiss now. Wyatt was scared of losing him. Izzy guessed that the urgency and fear would lessen over time, when Wyatt relearned that he wasn’t going anywhere.


Speaking of that, Justin had also sat him down and told him that they were slowly going to introduce even more bees to the greenhouses so they didn’t have to manually pollinate the plants, and what that might mean for Izzy.


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