Cornelio

Twenty-two-year-old Cornelio Raymond felt like his life had stalled before it had even begun. Six months after graduating from college, he was still spending every day working at his uncle's restaurant, trapped in the same routine and desperate for something, anything, to change. So when he jokingly asked the universe for a sign, he never expected it to answer in the form of Ian Hammer.

At twenty-one, Ian was homeless, guarded, and used to surviving alone. Accepting help from a stranger went against every instinct he had, but with a storm rolling in and nowhere else to go, he reluctantly agreed to stay at Cornelio's apartment for a few nights.

It was meant to be a simple, short-term arrangement until something neither of them expected got involved: feelings.