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

Matt was just able to catch the tail end of the car that had dropped his brother off as it pulled away from the curb once Brian had made his way inside. Was that Oliver’s car?


His brother breathed heavily as he considered the stairs and placed his left hand gingerly over his belly and gripped the railing with the other. It looked like each step was splintering his entire body. Matt moved to help his brother by sliding his arm underneath the free arm but was taken aback by the violent shrug off.


Matt stood next to his brother silently, slowly climbing each step with him while tears of disbelief blurred his vision.


Matt came to a standstill at his brother’s door and looked at his twin’s silhouette staring unseeingly out the window. A strip of moonlight shone through the window, casting an eerie light over Brian’s hunched shoulders. His form was broken. Arms wrapped around his middle, his position on the bed awkward.


Chapter 84