Buzzed, bored, and more than a little sexually frustrated, best friends Matt and Bryce get curious: what if gay guys are on to something? Their experiment goes fantastically wrong, proving they’re just a couple of straight guys after all. Failure never sits well with Matt, though, and he’s not convinced you have to be gay to make gay sex work. He hits up Google for research, buys some decent whiskey to smooth the road, and stows a pack of Durex in his nightstand. Now all he has to do is get Bryce over to his place and convince him to try again. When Bryce offers his own suggestion, however, it blows Matt’s careful planning to shreds. This steamy bromance features two straight guys, a couple of neckties, sturdy bedposts, some mismatched extension cords, and almost an entire bottle of lube. (23k words)

Bryce wakes up the morning after with plenty of physical evidence to remind him of what he and Matt got up to the night before. But did they mean what they said last night, or were they just caught up in the rush? Bryce is tortured all day at work and can't focus at band practice. When they end the night early, he texts Matt to see if he's doing anything. "Come on over" pops up on his phone. The continuing bromance between Matt and Bryce features porn, a late-night trip to Walmart's hardware section, 50 feet of rope, and an edging experience that makes Bryce think he's about to lose his mind. (15,000 words) (“Pins & Need” is part 2 of Breaking In Bryce. Part 1 is “Whiskey & Bedposts.”)