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

“I remember the day I brought you home from the hospital. Lord, twelve years ago. Your brother’s arm was a vice around your neck. He didn’t let go, and you never moved away from him. Then you asked me when your mom was coming home because she said you were having mac and cheese. I nearly died of a broken heart right then.”


“I’m sorry.” Matt looked off into the distance, seeing something in his own world. He was pressed impossibly close to Jake, as though drawing strength for every breath from him.


“What are you apologizing for? You were the sweetest kid in the world.”


“I don’t remember anything from that day, though. What’d you tell us?”


“I didn’t say anything. I just scooped you guys up and took you to your dad’s parents for mac and cheese.”


“That was the best thing you could do. I miss Grandma Mary.”


Chapter 71