An epic motion picture! A gay Napoleonic War love story! Ballrooms and battles at sea! Romantic happy endings on the silver screen! And a film that’ll change everything for its stars ... Jason Mirelli can’t play adrenaline-fueled action heroes forever. He’s getting older, plus the action star parts have grown a little thinner since he came out as bisexual. This role could finally let him be seen as a serious dramatic actor, and he needs it to go well -- for his career, and because he’s fallen in love with the story and the chance to tell it. The first problem? He’ll be playing a ship’s captain ... and he hasn’t exactly mentioned his fear of water. The second problem? His co-star: award-winning, overly talkative, annoyingly adorable -- and openly gay – box office idol Colby Kent. Colby’s always loved the novel this film’s based on, and he leapt at the chance to adapt it, now that he has the money and reputation to make it happen. But scars and secrets from his past make filming a love story difficult ... until Jason takes his hand and wakes up all his buried desires. Jason could be everything Colby’s ever wanted: generous and kind, a fantastic partner on set, not to mention those heroic muscles. But Colby just can’t take that chance ... or can he? As their characters fall in love and fight a war, Colby and Jason find themselves falling, too ... and facing the return of their own past demons. But together they just might win ... and write their own love story.

Seaworthy

In Jason’s eyes, and in the way Jason had seen the shakiness up close but hadn’t judged him or commanded an explanation. In the way Jason had improvised, come up with a different touch and a different line, and trusted Colby to run with it, at his side.


If they did it again he’d be better prepared, and that would help. He thought that perhaps having someone who could not only adapt but do so with kindness would help more. He did not quite understand why Jason, who did not like him, had decided to help; but then again Jason wasa kind person, a good person, the sort of person who loved this film and these characters too.


He thought, a comprehension arriving as fully formed as a meteor, that he could not imagine doing this scene with anyone else. He couldn’t picture doing any of this film, even if he tried, with anyone who wasn’t Jason.


“We’re going again, then!” Jill announced, and got out of the way.


Chapter 26