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

He tapped boot-toes against the floorboards. They were the same grey pair Jason had touched and handled and eased off his feet.


He’d changed out of Will’s wardrobe before coming back, and presently had on slim black pants and an oversized blue-and-white striped shirt and the black jacket and blue scarf he’d not yet got round to removing. He and Jason hadn’t been in the same car; Jill had wanted to chat in confidence about the afternoon and Colby’s equilibrium and upcoming scenes. Jason had left first, but not without a murmured suggestion about dinner and waiting for him and Colby texting when he’d made it back, please.


And that was a yes too, or he thought it was. He hugged both knees. Trepidation and wonder. Kaleidoscopes exploding. Dark and radiant.


He’d kissed Jason. Or at least let himself be kissed by Jason. Either. Both. In a bed


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