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

“We’ll always be in each other’s business,” was all he could come up with after a while, but the truth of it landed between them. “The distance hasn’t been reached yet that would keep me from knowing exactly what’s going on in your life twenty-four-seven, I’m sorry to inform you,” he said quietly. “And besides, who’s to say you don’t get that Columbia scholarship, right? Then we’ll be at the same school and it will be exactly like it is now. Only we’ll make frequent trips back home to visit Uncle Jake.”


Brian covered his eyes with his hand. “I was such a dick to Uncle Jake.”


He smiled down at Brian. “But luckily for you, we know the real you and love you.”


“Guess I was right,” Brian said after a moment.


“It isn’t easy at all. I knew it wouldn’t be. But you still hold out some hope, you know? Or you like to believe you’re a better person than that, a stronger person.”


Chapter 40