My old patterns continue. I'm about to binge-read through all of/most of Jay Northcote's work. Starting with his Housemates series. The second novel (novella in this case) is titled "Like A Lover."
["Josh has a plan: get through uni with a good degree and no debts. Focused on his goals, he’s working as an escort to pay his way. He enjoys the no-strings sex and doesn’t have the time or inclination for a relationship. Falling in love definitely isn’t part of the deal—especially not with a client.
When Rupert meets Josh in a bar, he’s smitten on sight. He’s never paid for sex before, but when Josh propositions him, he can’t resist. He should have known one night would never be enough. Luckily for him, he has an inheritance to support his addiction to Josh, because his job in IT wouldn’t cover the cost.
With each appointment the lines get increasingly blurred. Something is developing between them that feels more like a relationship than a business transaction, but they come from different worlds and to go from client-and-escort to lovers seems impossible. If they want a future together, Josh and Rupert have a lot to overcome."]
This one was complicated. For the blatantly obvious reasons. But for the most part (I’ll repeat that for emphasis, for the most part), they handled it well, with jealousy, and little white lies, and cold shoulders, and almost-broken-hearts. I definitely cried. At least twice.
In the end, they figured it out. On their own terms. Real compromise here. No settling. It was fucking beautiful.
Idiots. All do them. But they managed to put their egos and pride aside for a mo to talk their feelings out. Happily ever afters come come easy ya know (hence the compromises).
Trigger Warnings: homophobia, sex work, stereotypical thoughts from others about sex work, even though sex work is a legit work field, though I'm probably using outdated terms,
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