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

Brian wanted Oliver to finish that last sentence so badly, but a painful slap on his shoulder cut him off. He turned his head and his toe curled instinctively, painfully. Adam stood flanked by two friends, looking bored and over it. As they made eye contact, Adam’s face betrayed a small smile. But instead of the usual pull of seeing Adam’s handsome face, a cold sweat broke out over Brian’s body. He needed to do this and get it over with.


Brian could smell the familiar aftershave and cigarette scent from Adam’s close proximity that left him stifled.


“Hey, High School.” Adam moved in for a kiss, but Brian sidestepped it and moved his head away. Adam seemed confused but it was soon replaced by his signature indifference.


Oliver eyed them through bushy eyebrows, keeping his head low as though intruding on a private moment.


“You totally disappeared on me after dinner the other night. Thought you’d gone and forgotten me.”


Chapter 82