Chapter 5Even though the wildfire was nothing but smoldering ashes, the hot August sun had evaporated all the humidity, and the temperatures spiked into the triple digits again. Their jobs shifted from fighting fires to hunting for fires. The work was easier, but the hours were just as long, and it gave Aaron time to think about something besides Xander. Not that he actually utilized that time—Xander consumed his thoughts.
After harboring a crush for years, Aaron thought he was pretty good at keeping secrets. Of course, nobody was actually fooled when he was younger, so maybe he was awful at keeping secrets. He never expected to blurt the truth, but if Xander f****d him like that again, he knew he would confess to any deep, dark secret. He could have taken the opening Xander offered and i
