SUMMARY This is a sweet gay love story. (23,000 words) Talon grows up in an orphanage while Ryker lives in isolation on a private estate. When they meet as children, neither could imagine they had anything in common with each other, but that couldn’t have been further from the truth. The boys are inseparable best friends, doing everything together and with no secrets between them. One thunderstorm during their teens changes their lives forever. Nothing will ever be the same. They pull apart from each other and team work turns to competition and competition turns deadly. Several years later in mid adulthood Talon and Ryker reconnect unexpectedly only to discover they are professional rivals. They soon find themselves trapped together inside a Honduras prison. Can they work together long enough to escape or will their shared emotional baggage keep them trapped?