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

“You could get into Ahuntsic College one year from now and in three years, you’d be a paramedic. Think about that. Think about it long and hard.”


“I’d have to get in shape first. And finish my grade ten math.” Seb wrung his hands. “And I’m missing my grade ten history, too. But, you could help me with that, right? The history part. And maybe I could try eating vegetarian like you do—I mean—only for a while.”


I grin split my face. “I’ll tutor you and fix you veggie meals in exchange for sex.”


“I’d have to cut back on my working hours,” he said, not responding to my stupid joke. “‘And there’s my old man to consider in all of this. I already looked at the costs involved with the program and there’s a lot of shit I need to buy so—”


“Soyour father will have to take his responsibilities and seek counseling. We can support him with that.”


“Maybe getting your life in order will be the greatest gift you could ever offer your father.”


Chapter 68