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

“You won’t get to find out,” he said and instead pushed his mouth against Adam’s. He tasted the mix of beer and cigarettes on his tongue.


“I’ll get you to put out soon for me,” Adam said and kissed him wetly, his tongue entering Brian’s mouth clumsily. Brian stiffened further at the invasion again but was feeling more and more out of control, something he never allowed to happen.


“I need fresh air,” he croaked out when Adam broke the kiss.


“Yeah, let’s get away from the crowd.”


Brian didn’t really know where they were, exactly. Someone’s house across town. He hadn’t paid much attention to where they were going once he got into Adam’s truck and took in the state the guy was in.


Adam clawed at his butt, squeezing it with slow massages through his brother’s jeans. Despite himself, he smiled at the obvious effect he was having on the very much older man, who could clearly have anyone he wanted. “It ain’t gonna happen tonight, man,” Brian said forcefully.


Chapter 22