When Michael Knapp brings his lover Dan Biggs home to meet his parents, he doesn't expect things to go smoothly. His mother's been trying to marry him off for years, and sometimes he isn't even sure his father knows he exists. He has always felt like the shadow son, competing with his terminally stupid older brother and smart-mouthed little sister for his parents' attention. Coming out to them over dinner seemed like the perfect opportunity to finally get noticed.<br><br>But an unexpected phone call interrupts his announcement -- Aunt Evie, the family matriarch, is dead. With Dan in tow, Michael follows his family to Sugar Creek, where he spent his summers growing up, to prepare for the funeral.<br><br>Amid an overabundance of memories and relatives, Michael's world begins to slip. His dysfunctional family, Evie's death, and an old friend's confession all threaten to smother him. Worse, in his grief and confusion he seems determined to inadvertently push everyone away, including his lover. Can he and Dan move beyond his family and his past to a new life together, before Michael's insecurities tear them apart?

It's All Relative

We lie so close together that our foreheads touch, one pillow shared between us. When Dan speaks, his lips kiss mine. “Can we talk a bit?” he whispers.


Not about Ray,I think, studying him. And not about my father, either.Snuggling into him, I tease, “We’ve been talking all morning. There’s other stuff we need to take care of now.”


He misreads my meaning and suddenly his hand is between my thighs, rubbing at the spot where the seams of my jeans meet just behind my balls. With a gentle squeeze, his palm closes over my dick, hard in the instant he touched me there. “What other stuff do you have in mind?” he murmurs. His fingers knead in a slow, maddening rhythm and I shift against him, spreading my legs to drape one knee over his hip, anything to get him closer to me.


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