Cedric never planned to survive that night, and he certainly never planned on his neighbor showing up in the aftermath. Ozzie has watched Cedric from a careful distance for months, wishing he'd done something sooner. He can't change what happened when Cedric was at his lowest moment, but he can show up every day until Cedric remembers what it feels like to be safe. Neither of them is looking for romance, but neither of them can stop it. Battered and Broken is a spinoff of The Lactin Brotherhood world and has darker edges but the same loving relationships full of strong yet vulnerable men who naturally lactate and the boys who love them. This M/M romance has heavy themes including domestic abuse and finding one’s way out of the darkness to a light never known before. Trigger Warning: This book deals with domestic abuse.