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

His spur of the moment deed had surprised him, too, since Brian had always held team unity in high regard. His team was his second family. He didn’t allow any of that type of bullshit from his other teammates, so why was he the one doing it to someone else? Why was he being the bully to Oliver?


Brian’s feet shot off the couch. He had to breathe fresh air.


“I have to get out. Tell Jakey I’ll be home in time for dinner.”


He ignored his brother’s questioning look and grabbed the keys and slammed the front door on his way out.


Brian drove aimlessly with no destination in mind. The urge to get away from the thoughts that were suffocating him and his brother’s well-intentioned questions had grated on his nerves. He found himself driving purposelessly through his neighborhood, the sound of Ryan O’Neal’s vocals on full blast and piercing through the muddled thoughts that vied for dominance in his mind.


Chapter 34