Easy-going Sebastien divides his time between working as a cleaning technician, caring for his widowed father, and running off to the park for soccer practice. Coasting through his existence, he's convinced he doesn't have much going for him.<br><br>That isn’t what his best friend Jack thinks. Quick-witted and passionate, Jack is fascinated by art and history, but the greatest book or painting could never compare to how he feels when he's alone with Sebastien.<br><br>In the last five years, Seb and Jack have shared everything, sometimes even a bed. Yet though their chemistry is smoking hot, Sebastien keeps Jack at a safe distance. But when the two move in together to lower their living expenses, that distance gets smaller and smaller, until Sebastien and Jack are standing so close, they can't see what's right in front of their eyes ... the love of their life.

Auguries of Summer

“I loved him.” I chuckled, embarrassed at my admission.


I looked down at my lap. “Yeah, he was in many ways, my first love. I was so jealous of Batman, I actually drew a short storyboard in which I killed Batman off. In my comic book, Batman dies in a car crash, trapped in his ridiculously pretentious Batmobile, and then Robin is left alone in the mansion and that’s when I come in.”


Jack seemed enthralled, forgetting to drink. “Right…and?”


I looked up and our eyes met. Jack had Robin’s silky dark hair, smooth skin, and pulpy mouth. Even the way Jack sat now, with his legs curled under him—I could almost picture what he’d look like in a mask and skimpy shorts.


“Uh, sorry, yeah. So, anyway, I find Batman dead in the ruins of his car and pull him out of the wreckage. Then I rip his costume off and put in on.”


“It’s not burned or badly damaged by the explosion?”


“Jack, I was ten. I wasn’t thinking about the technicalities.”


Chapter 47