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

“What are my favorite ladies talking about?” Brian eyed Lexie up and down on the couch before letting a slow grin spread over his face. “How you doing, Lexie?”


“God,” Matt huffed. Brian was well aware of the effect the sight of his bare chest would have on his friend.


Brian held his coffee out for Matt to hold and he secured his grip around it, his brother keeping his eyes on Lexie the whole time. She shrank back into the couch as though to steel herself against his gaze and dipped her head into her glass. Brian’s free had lifted Matt’s bowl of chips and dumped it over his plate then replaced the empty bowl in Matt’s lap and took back his coffee before making his way to the stairs. “See you later, Lex,” he called over his shoulder.


Staring desolately into his empty bowl, he smiled sadly as his friend shoved her bowl of chips into his lap and drank her soda in silence.


Chapter 27