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

Lily yawned widely as he placed her on the mattress again. “Missed you, Daddy.”


“Missed you, too, sweetheart. Did you have fun with Noah?”


“He is.” Lucas pulled the blanket over her and kissed her forehead. “Pleasant dreams, baby.”


Lucas folded his arms and watched her settle back into sleep. He knew he was stalling, avoiding the conversation that Noah wanted to have. He had chickened out the night before and fled to his room to avoid the confrontation, but he didn’t think he could pull that stunt two nights in a row, and he couldn’t spend the whole evening hiding in Lily’s room.


Chapter 14