The Stepbrother Who Discovered Him

Jobless after graduation, Ethan Vale expects to spend only a few weeks at the Miami apartment of his new stepbrother, Ryder Kane.

Ryder is quiet and tattooed, difficult to dismiss, and the crushing heat makes their silences feel even sharper.

They share a bottle of sunscreen, and a glance between them carries more weight than it should.

Ethan has never been with a man, yet the straight identity he has maintained begins to give way.

Ryder has never been patient, but he still refuses to push, and denial opens into late-night confessions, firsts that cannot be reversed, and a hunger neither man can put away.

Ryder simply waits until Ethan is the one who can no longer keep his distance.