Alex walks down the road of his life, apparently without any detours. He has a job, friends, a nice apartment and a girlfriend who meets his needs. A smooth life lived on a smooth road.<br><br>But when Daniel shows up at his door, Alex meets the first bump in the road -- which turns out to be more like a boulder -- in his way.<br><br>Daniel is a gorgeous, warm, affectionate man, one who will force Alex to deal with something that happened years ago, something that made him take the safe route through life. With Daniel, he finally realizes that he'd shut down his true self, he begins the most difficult part of his journey -- the one that could take him to Daniel and to happiness.

What You Are

“We’ve decided it’s okay. You can stay here with us.” Gabriel smiled, imitated by Kevin, who nodded and took Daniel’s bag.


Daniel looked around. He wasn’t sure he wanted to stay: the apartment looked like a battlefield, and it really, really stank. Gabriel seemed to understand what was going through his mind because he hastened to collect the bottles and overflowing ashtrays.


“It’s not always like this,” Kevin assured him. “Only when Gabriel decides to throw a party. And, oh, it doesn’t happen very often. Usually this is a normal apartment, really.”


Daniel smiled, feeling a bit more relaxed. Just a little, though, because the gaze of the nervous guy nailed him on the spot. But…were those eyes really that green or was he wearing some colored contact lenses?


“Thanks,” he finally said, reaching out a hand to Kevin, who shook it and introduced himself to him. He did the same with Gabriel, even though they had already met, and eventually Daniel turned to Alex, still smiling.


Chapter 4