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 grew impatient but kept quiet. He relaxed as James untwined his grip and wrapped their fingers together again. Sometime during their talk the first bell had rung, but neither of them moved to get up. Time had been suspended and first period was probably already well under way, but neither of them cared.


“I stayed at the Viceroy on my dad’s account there and cleaned out the minibar.”


“You didn’t,” Matt said incredulously.


“And there we were, wondering if you were passed out in some alley.”


“I told you, your sympathy for me would wane if you learned the truth.”


Chapter 96