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

But the memory was only that. And Charlie would’ve laughed and told him to get on with it, it was only a dive; John—who could swim, and well—was grabbing a ship’s rope and joking about being a damsel in distress; Bob and the whole stunt crew were present and ready, and the tank wasn’t even that deep.


Jason’s whole body somehow got warmer. Even though he was up on the set and Colby was settled in behind the cameras. Just more present. More, yeah, anchored.


He waved back. Colby looked surprised, but then smiled: sudden and gorgeous as a sunrise, light peeking around old castles and cathedrals, illuminating layers, strength and stones and stories.


“Jason!” Andy shouted. “Get your giant sexy shoulders out of frame, we’re watching John right now!”


“Sorry my shoulders are so distracting for you!” Jason yelled back, and promptly moved.


Chapter 51