Just a Bit Gay (Straight Guys Book 9)

Tyler mumbled something and walked away from Nick, determined to stop behaving like a clingy girlfriend and start behaving like an independent adult.

He lasted fifteen minutes.

Being an independent adult was unexpectedly hard. He was acutely aware of the distance between him and Nick at all times, as if they were bound by invisible ropes.

“Do you want to be my boyfriend, love?” Nick said, his voice husky and intimate. He pressed another kiss against Tyler’s cheek. “I’ll treat you so well, I promise.”

“Um, okay,” Tyler said, feeling far too breathless from such an innocent contact.

After a moment, Nick’s arms came up around him and squeezed him tightly. “What’s wrong, Ty?” he said. When Tyler didn’t say anything, his voice softened. “Sweetheart, talk to me. Come on, love.”

Tyler shivered, squirming closer to him. It was the first time Nick had used endearments outside of sex. This time Nick sounded as if he actually meant them.

Though I gotta give kudos to the guy for his ability to look down at someone two heads taller than him.”

I just think if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s stupid to pretend it isn’t a duck.”