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

But Jack was adamant about “shaking the straight out of me” as he’d called it and couldn’t believe I’d made it to twenty-two years old without entering a gay bar, aside from Reggie’s on Friday.


I’d dressed up for tonight, as best I could, but I was a tad uneasy in this fitted shirt. I wasn’t sure about the new cologne either. “I’m open to new things,” I muttered, climbing into the car. I reached over and unlocked the door for him.


Jack plopped down into the passenger seat and glanced over at me with a smirk. “Look, I know you’re a little nervous about diving into the big gay pool tonight, but I’ll be with you and trust me, no twink is getting past this bitch tonight.”


“I don’t know why you keep insulting each other all the time,” I said, pulling my seat belt over my shoulder. “Twink. Bitch. Hungry little bottom.” I looked over at him. “I don’t know, but it seems pretty harsh to me.”


“Thanks for sharing your opinion on something you obviously cannot understand.”


Chapter 52