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

To love him meant trusting in his strength.


With the phone pressed to my ear, I tiptoed back to Sebastien’s bedroom and gently cracked the door open. “That’s what I thought,” I said to Sam, on the phone. “He’s out cold.” I crept away to the living room and walked back to the dark window to stare at the moon.


“Are you staying away from the wine and whiskey?” Sam asked.


“Yeah, I’m having some herbal tea instead.” I’d stopped at my third wine glass. I was proud of that. “I should let you go, right? I mean, we’ve been on the phone for an hour. Rocco’s gonna get impatient.”


“Honey, he’s locked himself up in our office to do some book keeping. Once in a while, I hear him curse in Castillian Spanish and then I know it’s time for another piece of almond chocolate.”


Chapter 66