Outsiders

After losing them both, Luke isn’t giving up. He refuses to be just another outsider—he wants to be part of the system, not just orbiting around it, and to do that he has to make himself not just useful, but indispensable. Even if Alex hates him. Especially if he does.

But as Luke pushes deeper into their world, he finds the signals are mixed. Sometimes Alex is distant, even cold, but at others he is understanding, even inviting, and Luke has no idea what to make of that. It doesn’t help that Jaime is fighting him every step of the way. But even rivals can learn to trust. Even enemies can fall in love. And in the middle is Jaime, still struggling to hold on while the two people who love him most finally see each other clearly.

A queer psychological slow-burn MM romance with enemies-to-lovers heat, mental illness recovery, and found family bonds that can’t be broken—even by trauma.