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

Alex stood and stretched, peeking over at the clock. “Oh, wow. Three am. I didn’t realize I slept that much.”


He glanced at Daniel and realized he wasn’t out with Matt. It was silly but he already felt better. A little bit.


“Well, time to hit the sack,” Alex said, smiling, before heading to his bedroom. “And I don’t want to be disturbed until I wake up. Am I clear?”


Actually, the next morning, he woke up early. His alarm clock buzzed and he remembered he had to call Karl. His throat was dry and it was burning like hell, his red nose was completely congested and his eyes were swollen. Peachy.


A cough tickled his throat as soon as Karl answered the phone easily convincing his boss of the offending illness. He tossed the phone on the bed and burrowed back under the covers, helplessly whining like a baby.


He didn’t know how many hours passed by, but he woke up again to a knock on his door.


“What?” he grumbled with his hoarse voice, lifting his head.


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