Marriage Contract

Here's A.J. Sherwood's "Marriage Contract" (one of her very few non-supernatural/paranormal books).

["What’s a man to do when his security company is hacked with a message from the hacker asking for a job? You hire him, of course.

Which is precisely what Aleks does. At first, he’s conflicted to learn Harris is only seventeen and on the run from a past he refuses to talk about, but that confliction soon morphs into feelings for the tragic genius, and he desperately wants Harris to open up and trust him.

Maybe it wasn’t the best decision to start off his new life by hacking into a well-known security company to ask for a job, but Harris is surprised by what he finds there—a boss who genuinely seems to care about him. As the months pass, Harris finds he wants to tell Aleks everything. To stop hiding. To finally stop running, unless it’s into the man’s arms. But fear’s grip is strong, and doesn’t let go easily.

So, when Harris’s past does come calling? Aleks must prove he will do whatever is necessary to protect his new employee and friend—including fake marrying him, despite being in love with him."]

and because it's all just fucking hilarious, the authors "other tags" ["Brazilians have no concept of personal space, Kizomba, I climbed the trope tree, and hit every branch on the way back down, shy character, underage runaway, bad parenting, May/December, Fake Marriage, Boss/Employee, friends to lovers, virgin character, sharing a bed, Aleks protests all the cockblocking, hurt/comfort, told you I hit every trope, wait I might have missed one"]

This one was super tropey. However, it was also super good! It was angst and sweet and rough and fluffy. It was so much. It could have been a smidge longer, but our two leading men stopped being idiots long enough to get together and an asshole got what was coming to him, so all in all, it worked out. ;) 

Trigger Warnings: toxic parents, several forms of domestic abuse (but not outright physical), and more 

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