"I think... I think I was so in love with the idea of saving myself that I didn't realize I was letting myself drown. "

"And now?"

"And now you're my lifeboat."


It was only meant to be a favour. Only meant to be for a few weeks. 

Yet when Stryker Odello finds himself a Daddy for a scarred little boy, he finds the darkness that swamped his life cracking and splits of light shining through.

High functioning alcoholic at best, meeting the needs of the little proved more challenging than he first anticipated. 

Broken and distrustful, getting through to Jamie Sinclair was a hard feat.

Both damaged from the past, hurt and cautious, could they learn to let go and figure out how to love again? 

Or was life's only joy to direct a tragedy?

His Little Boy

/"I have to go to uncle Kernal's again,/" Stryker said. Jamie's face dropped. It was like a garden slab dropping on his chest. To escape the pressure, he did something dumb; he opened his stupid mouth. /"I have to go and sign your papers. That way you're officially mine forever./"

Jamie's eyes lit up. Stryker's heart dropped. He still hadn't been able to come to a solid decision. He knew that his dumb mouth had just made that choice for him.

That little piece of happiness that Stryker had given him, however, was enough to put a smile on Jamie's face and allow Skyler to lead them over to where Addy sat, facing a corner. His hands were under his bum and Skyler told them it was part of his punishment. He wasn't allowed to move them until he was told otherwise.

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