Ruben Moore's life should be better than fine. He's just graduated, settled in a stable job, and he's at the top of his small college town's social ladder. But after breaking up with his fiancé, he's crashing down to rock bottom—and not even a few random hookups can ease the lonely ache.What he wants isn't at the bottom of a bottle, or skulking in the corners of smoky gay bars. He's not sure what he wants. Until he meets Salvador Sinclair. Stylish. Ageless. Magnetic.Mysterious. Salvador is everything Ruben craves, yet something about him makes more than Ruben's body tingle. Something about Salvador isn't right. Something says he's more than what he seems, and even as he takes Ruben to the edge of pleasure time and time again, Salvador leaves Ruben helpless, unsettled, and not even sure he recognizes the man he becomes under Salvador's touch. He wants to be happy—but he can't forget this is just a fling. Ruben doesn't do casual, but if Salvador can't open up and show him who he really is...there may never be a chance for this dashing devil and his broken-hearted boy. This story is approximately 30,000 words in length and contains adult language & explicit erotic scenes. Content warning for descriptions of drowning.