When Jesse Reid needs emergency surgery, he calls his neighbor to come pick him up instead of one of his many family members. As the youngest of nine, Jesse is used to feeling like a leftover, and he doesn’t need their coddling.<br><br>Holden McRae is a big, beautiful man, everything Jesse wants. But Holden has made it clear he doesn’t want Jesse as a submissive.<br><br>Under the influence of Holden’s care, Jesse becomes bolder and makes Holden see what he’s been missing. The two men’s interests line up, and the attraction that has always been there is something they can finally act on. As Jesse heals, he shares parts of his life with Holden, and Holden helps him see he’s so much more than #9. Their love might not be the most conventional, but maybe it’s exactly what both men need.

Forever Nine

After a while, I started returning to myself. Still crying, but wrapped in his arms and listening to his soothing voice. Calling me his “beautiful baby boy.” Telling me I’d been “so good for him.” My body ached. My throat hurt. I still felt weirdly floaty and strange. But Holden anchored me. Kept me in the here and now, and helped me come back to myself.


He held a water bottle to my lips, and I drank because he told me to. A wet cloth cleaned the cum and sweat from my body. My abdomen hurt in a not-so-good way, but I could tell it was just because I’d clenched up too hard at the end, not because any real damage had been done.


I was spent. And I felt like I was flying. I opened my eyes to see Holden peering down at me.


“I’m sorry,” I croaked, needing to get that out first and foremost. I hadn’t been able to stop myself from coming, and I needed to apologize. He’d said I had to wait until I had permission, and I hadn’t. Thankfully, I didn’t need to explain.


Chapter 19