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 took his handout and shuffled the pack of papers along to the girl that sat behind him. Nothing on the paper made sense to him, his concentration shot to hell. Things still weren’t completely smoothed over with his uncle and him, either. He hated fighting with either of his boys.


What a fucking piece of work. In what world did that guy ever think he was good enough for Matt? He had his nose so high in the clouds he’d been so close to asking what the view from all the way up there was like for the one percent. Smug bastard. His mood was darkening rapidly and he continued to brood as Mrs. Dewitt discussed the week’s assignment. The shuffle of chairs against tile dragged him out of his trance.


Brian ignored the voice coming from next to him and continued scribbling pictures in the margin of the handout.


He looked up into the scrunched up green eyes that accompanied the annoyed voice that challenged him.


Chapter 30