"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

Allowing himself to be led, he couldn't help but glare at the little blond pest that was sat at the table, licking the icing off a cupcake. There were two Tupperware boxes and six sat in each. The lids were off, revealing the deformed creations. Five of them had been assaulted in sprinkles and icing, the bottom of the container a complete mess.

One had been neatly decorated with a white layer of icing and little words printed onto it.

/"Jamie do for Daddy,/" Jamie informed, his eyes wide as he stared up at him. The hairband that Stryker had put in his hair that morning kept the strands out of his face completely, and though Jamie had been a little worried, it seemed he had forgotten all about it.

/"He wrote that without any help,/" Skyler informed. /"We practised sounds and letters yesterday and went over them again today. He's a very quick learner./"

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