"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

As moonlight fell through the bedroom window, bathing the room in a magical glow, it was all he could think.

Jamie lay beside him. Stryker wasn't sure how he had ended up in his bed; somewhere between the boy's night terrors and his own self-pity, they had sought comfort in each other.

Nothing had happened between them. Stryker knew that it wasn't that uncommon for Little's to be used sexually in their community, but he hated the thought of taking advantage of the boy's vulnerable state.

Yet, there was something in Jamie's eyes, a look that Stryker swore was lust, that had him swallowing hard, willing his disobedient body not to react. It didn't listen so he did his best to ignore it instead.

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