Six years ago, Jarrett Kessel helped his best friend’s little brother deal with his family’s rejection when he came out. He saw potential in the tempestuous teenager. Talent. Then, they both moved on with their lives.<br><br>Now, the FBI needs Jarrett’s help. Sketch artist Eli Locke is their only lead in finding a killer, but he’s nowhere to be found. Though the Feds are convinced Jarrett is the best way to lure him out, he’s not so sure. Until they show him the web comic Eli has created, with a superhero who bears a striking resemblance to Jarrett.<br><br>When Eli gets an email out of the blue from the man who changed his life, he doesn’t even consider saying no to a meeting. Jarrett is even more amazing than he remembers, and the fact that he’s all right being the role model for the one thing that means the most to Eli is just icing on the cake. But the truth about the murder comes out, and even though he had nothing to do with it, Eli wants to run. It’s up to Jarrett to keep him from ruining his life for good, before the killer finds them both and does it first ...

Outlined in Ink

“As soon as I get some coffee in me,” he mumbled.


He could have stalled facing them. He’d woken up to the distant hum of voices and knew automatically one of them was Jarrett’s. Though he was disappointed he didn’t remember Jarrett coming back to bed, the sleep had been worth it. His dreams had been Sahara hot, a sweaty Jarrett covering him, smothering him, filling every hole he had before pulling Eli onto him so he could do the same. They were far more graphic than the ones he’d had as a teenager. Experience did a lot to show just how much was possible when two men really went at it.


The desire to see Jarrett in the aftermath of that amazing kiss drove him out of bed, first to the bathroom to beat off because he wouldn’t embarrass Jarrett in front of the Feds by walking around with a hard-on, then to the life’s blood he needed if he wanted to face what was yet to come.


Chapter 28