The Importance of Being Denny

Matt appears on Denny's doorstep four years after Matt's mother put Denny on the first bus out of California. Loving the very closeted Matt cost Denny everything once: his home, his family, the safety net of his trust fund. Everything. Denny built a new life. Matt finally coming out has stirred his mother's wrath, though, and four years of not loving Matt is about to cost Denny everything. Again.

Or is it?

Free novelette written for the Goodreads M/M Romance group's "Hot Summer Days" event.
9,875 words