Is it wrong for me to want the world to know I’m in love with Patrick Griffin and have been since we were eight-years-old? Patrick Griffin I hurt him. I didn’t mean to. Now he’s gone, and I deserve it. As a linebacker in the NFL, I've never found the right time to come out of the closet. Not even when I promised Cole I would. But now, with Cole's band, Fallen Angel, in the spotlight along with my team, the pressure is mounting. Everyone thinks we're just best friends, but the weight of my secret is tearing us apart. And it just might be too late to save us when I can. Cole Bradley Is it wrong for me to want the world to know I’m in love with Patrick Griffin and have been since we were eight-years-old? He is the love of my life, but it’s been years of waiting and excuses. All our friends, even his teammates, have a public life. So why can’t we? He promised it would be different in Portland. But then he tells yet another reporter he’s single. I need a break. It’s perfect timing since our band is heading out on tour. I don’t know if I can live without him. But I don’t think I can do forever in the closet. It’s always been Patrick for me, but is it too much to ask for the world to know he’s mine too? The Linebacker is a secret romance and childhood best friends-to-lovers MM Romance. It is book two in the Portland Protectors-EHM Security Series and the eleventh book in the Package Deal World. To maximize reader enjoyment, it is highly recommended to read the other books in the Package Deal Series, as well as book one, The Rockstar. Series reading order can be found at the beginning of each book. Content Warning: Referenced off the page homophobic violence toward an off the page character, and an automobile accident.