The night before Noah Hill left his hometown of Mountain View, he had a drunken sexual tryst with his best friend, Lucas Wesson. Deeply in the closet, Noah is horrified at his behavior, and terrified of what Lucas would think of him. He left the next morning without saying goodbye, and effectively cut off all ties. He returns five years later to help his father, and runs into his old best friend almost as soon as he reaches town. And nothing has changed. He still loves Lucas, and he still can't stand to meet the other man's eyes.<br><br>Lucas has been through a lot in the past five years without his best friend's support. A marriage. A divorce. A child. Running his own business. He also remembers his one night with Noah with perfect clarity. For five years, he only wanted Noah to come home. But now that Noah is back, things have changed too much to ever be the same between them ...

My Only Home

“Look, Dad, I thought we could talk tonight about…”


“Plenty of time tomorrow, isn’t there? You’re not leaving again in the morning, are you?”


Noah paused, surprised by John’s tone. “No. No, there’s plenty of time tomorrow.”


Noah nodded, feeling like he was ten once again, and trying desperately to stay out from under his father’s feet. “I’m going to go for a drive.”


John left the empty bottle on the counter and made his way over to the stairs. “I’m going to bed.”


Noah hadn’t planned to go for a drive that night, but he didn’t exactly feel welcome. He followed John over to the stairs, standing there silently as the older man slowly disappeared. When Noah heard the bathroom door close, he turned on his heel and let himself out the front door.


Chapter 3