I was, after all, just a bad dream [+18]

It's been 5 years since Vegas left that sunny morning, without a word, without a last look.

It has been 5 years since Pete went back to live in his hometown with his son, 8-year-old Venice, to try again. Try to survive, to start over, or just to exist without Vegas.

And when his childhood best friend Tam comes into the picture, Pete finds himself lost between the need to move forward and the shadow of his past lover looming over him.

When war is all you've known, how do you come to accept someone offering you peace?

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Or: Pete & Vegas broke up. Pete returns to his hometown with his son to rebuild, haunted by memories of Vegas. Caught between the past and a new chance at love, Pete tries to find himself.

Sequel to « Universe » can be read without reading the first story.