
After losing Columnist of the Year, Luca visits his favorite bar to drink the night away but runs into his former best friend, rival advice columnist Colton Kent. After a brief confrontation that leads to a passionate and physical exchange in the men’s bathroom, Luca invites Colton back to his apartment.
With the arrival of Hurricane Poppy, Colton spends the night at Luca’s place. One thing leads to another, and they hook up. Colton blurts out the L word, and Luca admits the same.
The next day, Colton isn’t able to leave due to the hurricane’s landfall so the two decide to play 21 Questions to delve into their real feelings. Were the words just said in the heat of the moment? Or do they truly love each other?

Chapter 1Today is October 5th, 2022, and the time is 11:45 P.M. It had been two months since I had received a phone call from my boss and editor in chief of L&G Daily that I—Luca Lane—had been nominated for the OUTWriter Awards’ Columnist of the Year. When David—my boss and father—told me the news, I couldn’t believe it. It was my first nomination throughout my four years of being a gay dating advice columnist for L&G Daily, so naturally I was stoked yet nervous. When I began writing for L&G Daily as the advice columnist, I was just fresh out of college with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and hoping to break ground with l***q+ stories and topics that educated the homophobic people who assume the worst in us. Of course, it didn’t really help that my father found out I applied to work
