Twin brothers Brian and Matt Walker went to live with their mother’s brother after the death of their parents at an early age. Brian is still wracked with the guilt he carries around from a young age and sees the world through a distorted lens of self-loathing. When he meets a sexy and interested college-aged guy at the beginning of his senior year of high school, he may have finally found someone who can help him escape his mundane existence.<br><br>Matt has his life all planned out -- he longs for a solid career in journalism after graduating college. But his tenuous hold on family life threatens his dreams of independence, as does the attentions of a closeted new transfer to their school.<br><br>Can Matt pull away enough from his family to come into his own? And will Brian finally get to grips with his past and allow his twin to chase his own happiness?

Twice the Hands to Hold

He lit up another cigarette and pocketed his lighter. As he continued scanning the room, trying not to give up on the whole party, his eyes locked with Oliver’s. The guy was dancing in a group of guys and girls, trying to look into it, but it was obvious he was checking Brian out on the down low. Brian smirked. He couldn’t blame the guy. Obviously he had seen the evidence of Oliver’s physical, albeit reluctant, attraction to him in the showers. But is that all that it was? He was well aware of his physical appeal to members of both sexes.


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