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

Their eyes met for a second when Alex passed by his bedroom door and Daniel shrugged. He couldn’t help it if Alex didn’t like him. Daniel had thanked him, there was nothing more to say, and he didn’t know him well enough to worry about that.


When Daniel came out of his room, he found Gabriel sitting on the couch in the living room with a weird expression on his face. His sandy blond hair spiked in every direction, his eyelids were half closed, and his bottom lip was trapped between his teeth. Daniel tilted his head to one side, pouring a cup of coffee while watching his roommate. Daniel was in dire need of coffee and something to wash down his three aspirins. He had finished the whole bottle of water in one night.


“What’s with him?” Daniel softly asked Kevin, nodding toward Gabriel.


Kevin chuckled and replied just as softly. “It’s something that happens almost every weekend. He says he’s in love.”


Chapter 9