Sixteen year old Jacob Smithson has quite a temper. He’s picked on by other kids because he likes boys, and recent fighting has kicked him out of public school. As a last resort, his parents have placed him in the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Boarding School for Boys.<br><br>It’s at his first mass at St. Thomas where he sees Avery Dendritch, a senior who serves as altar boy during the service. When they meet, the attraction between them is hard to deny. The two become fast friends, and as the school year progresses, their friendship deepens into something more. For the first time, Jacob has found a place where he belongs ... and someone with whom he’s falling in love.<br><br>But the other students gossip about their growing relationship, and while Avery can ignore them, Jacob cannot. As the rumors and slurs start up again, can he curb his temper, or will his penchant for fighting get him expelled from St. Thomas, as well?

Without Sin

Avery laughs again. “You’ll get it soon enough,” he promises. “Just two more problems, Jacob. That’s it.”


Jacob thinks two more problems can wait until later. He’s been waiting long enough. Through the heavy denim of Avery’s jeans, he massages the cushiony bulge at his crotch until it’s hard and coiled like a snake ready to strike. “Jacob,” Avery warns. The name is almost a sigh.


Jacob’s not listening. His fingers seem to have a mind of their own. They flick open the button, then work the zipper down.


Avery moans Jacob’s name, lower this time. He slides a little farther down into the chair. His knees spread apart beneath the table. Jacob rubs against the front of Avery’s briefs and Avery’s knees clench together, catching Jacob’s head between them.


Jacob eases them apart again, his fingers dancing along the outlined hardness at his boyfriend’s crotch.


Chapter 44