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Wild and uninhibited, Johnny gives the performance of a lifetime every time he gets up on the stage. He's been doing it for so long that the nights have blurred into an endless series of shows, parties, and partners, none of which make him truly happy anymore.
For all he's been able to accomplish, the one thing he's never done before was fall in love.
Until now.
Sudden, swift and unexpected, it's something he's ill equipped to handle, especially when the person he's fallen for isn't even a hundred percent certain he's into guys. It's more like he's dipping his toes into the pool with Johnny as his very eager, very willing partner. Only now that they've reached a point where Johnny's feeling are involved, he's not sure if his heart can handle living in limbo until Draven makes his decision.
Genres:
Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 3
Romantic Content: 5
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay
Protagonist 1 Age: 26-35
Protagonist 2 Age: 26-35
Tropes: Friends to Lovers
Word Count: 65,000
Setting: Band on Tour
Languages Available: English
“Music, the stars, and Jagger were what saved me when I was a kid,” Johnny said as we drifted across the center of the pool. “We’d climb up the side of the balcony onto the roof of my parent’s house and lay up there for hours, dreaming together because everything else in our lives sucked.”
Knowing what had happened to Jagger’s brother, I knew what he’d been looking to escape, but over all the years that I’d known Johnny, he’d hardly ever shared anything about his childhood. I hoped he would tonight, though.
Funny, but back when I could use my voice without limitation, I’d have been tempted to share one of my own stories. Now I found another benefit to silence. It allowed others the opportunity to fill it if they chose.
READ MOREHell, it dawned on me that I didn’t even know if he was an only child or if he had a passel of siblings hidden back in the Whaling City. I knew nothing of his life before I’d met him. I’d just been drawn to the man I’d seen on the stage.
“The roof was the only place it was ever silent and even then, there’d be a whisper of sound from someone’s tv show drifting out of an open window in summer, but in winter, it was the quietest place in the world, especially when it snowed.”
Sputtering, I sank beneath the surface, the image of him scaling a slick, snow covered roof had left me itching to drag him over my knee so I cold swat the hell out of that perky ass of his.
“You okay?” he asked, slipping an arm around me as I wiped the water from my face and scowled down at him.
“Yeah, I know, wasn’t the smartest place to be, but we were kids, and every kid thinks they’re invincible,” he murmured.
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