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

Adam turned to look him up and down, then took another sip of beer, and stared out the window again. Brian stood awkwardly and began to sweat under his pits. Eventually Adam turned to look at him, again with humor in his eyes. He motioned to the single bed in the middle of the room.


“Sure.” Brian grabbed at the bottle eagerly.


“Move up,” he said and Brian did so while he tilted the bottle upside down over his mouth.


Adam grinned amusedly. “Can I have my beer back?”


“I don’t know,” Brian said. “Beer is kind of a hot commodity around here.”


Chapter 14