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

“If you would have come by the next morning, Noah, if you would have just stopped to say good-bye, I would have left with you.”


Noah stared at him, unblinking, his face as impassive as stone. Lucas shifted and suppressed the urge to defend himself, insist he wasn’t lying, like Noah was accusing him of something nasty with his silence. Noah took a hesitant step forward, but his second step was more forceful. He loomed above Lucas without speaking, then grabbed him by the shoulders.


Lucas allowed himself to be hauled to his feet, and he didn’t shy away when Noah leaned forward, tilting his head slightly. He kept his eyes trained on his friend’s face, daring him to continue, daring him not to back down and run from something that might be honest, might be a little scary. Lucas wasn’t going to do this for him.


Chapter 15