All He Ever Needed

the long version

Some secrets are too heavy to hold on to forever. For Ethan, pretending has become second nature. After all, he’s spent the last decade pretending to be straight, pretending to be happy, and pretending he isn’t desperately in love with his best friend. But in a single moment of raw honesty, all those lies come crashing down around him and he’s left wondering what to do next.When Jase learns his best friend is going through a breakup, his first instinct is to come to Ethan’s rescue, and he knows