Here's "The To-Do List" by Chase Moorcox. Its the second books in her Liberty Heights U series.
["Felix Messer’s life has always revolved around his childhood best friend, Jacob. So when Jacob announces he won’t move in with Felix because he isn’t ‘housetrained,’ the solution is obvious: Felix will learn how to be the perfect roommate before they move out of their college dorms.
What’s a little cooking and cleaning if he gets to live with the guy he’s been in love with since they were kids?
But he’s not the only one trying to change. Jacob has a List. A List that offers Felix everything he’s ever wanted… almost.
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Jacob Branson is the same uptight, inexperienced guy he’s been since high school. But he has a List to change that: a List that involves his best friend Felix taking his virginity. Among other things.
The List is meant to make a whole new Jacob. But sleeping with Felix doesn’t make anything new. It only reveals something that Jacob has been repressing for a long time…"]
Oof, I was right. The hurt/comfort in this was real. It was the kind of hurt/comfort where the one mc doesn't know they're hurting the other mc. Jacob didn't know the things he said (and didn't say) were slowly breaking Felix and that hurts more than your standard hurt/comfort. One: obliviousness is only cute sometimes. Two: you don't realize you're hurting your best friend. Three: it's hard to comfort someone if you don't know you're hurting them. The annngggssst!
These two made me cry. My chest was tight during so much of this novel (see above described angst). But I was also smiling like an idiot..so often. They were adorable together: the care, the concern, the barely hidden possession, the fluff, the history, the s.p.i.c.e. Their relationship was easy (minus the angst--and the lack of communication), their friendship (almost) bleeding seamlessly into more.
I wonder if we're ever getting a Jack (or David) story eventually?
Trigger Warnings: over controlling parents, and more.
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