Levi Campbell made one huge, stupid mistake. When his older boyfriend fears he's holding Levi back from fulfilling his youthful dreams, he encourages him to break free and seek adventure. Levi, hurt and confused, does just that ... But in an immature act of rebellion, he enlists in the army. The army! Levi never wanted to be a soldier, and he never, ever wanted to go to faraway places, but he is now committed to serving his country for two whole years. Madoc Griffiths did the right thing when he let Levi go, he knows he did, but if it was the right thing, then why can’t he move on? Every night he dreams about Levi; every day he misses him. But Levi is young, and Madoc will not stand in the way of Levi following his dreams. But being a soldier isn’t Levi’s dream. There is nothing Levi wants more than to do his time and return home to Northfield and fight for his man. Madoc was sure he’d be able to move on, but once he hears Levi will be home on a two-week leave, he can think of nothing except seeing him again. But can he stand to be with his lover for two weeks and then let him leave to fight a war?

When Skies Are Gray

“True, but there are idiots all over the world, who’s to say I’ll run into one here?”


She yawned and softened her voice. “Did something happen?”


He shook his head and ran a hand through his hair. “No, it’s just…I wish I’d never come here.”


“Why did I go, Mandi?” As overreactions went, heading off to Iraq wasn’t a small one.


“Because you’re a brat and a hothead.”


“I know. But you’ll get to come home to visit soon, right? Perhaps you can see him?”


He lowered his voice to a whisper. “I promised not to. He told me he refused to be the one who stands in the way of me living my life, and he made me promise—”


“How the hell did he get you to promise something like that?”


Levi grimaced. He didn’t want to remember the…discussion. There had been a lot of shouting, he’d said a lot of things he didn’t mean, and then his damn pride had gotten the better of him, and he’d stormed off to enlist in the army—the fucking army


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