Two best friends. Ten years of pining. One summer to stop pretending.
Eli Weston survives on chaos and charm. Leo Lazaro survives on Eli.
For a decade they've been almost - almost together, almost honest, almost ruined by everything they refuse to say. Now they're stuck in a Chicago apartment for a three-month drag cabaret residency, and "almost" is starting to feel like a problem they can't outrun.
So they do what any two emotionally repressed idiots would do: they ignore it.
And try to set up their best friend instead.
But every fake meet-cute, every shared bed, every too-long look feels like a rehearsal for something real.
Leo leaves for a European tour in September.
Eli has until then to figure out if ten years of almosts adds up to a future - or just a goodbye.
For fans of Casey McQuiston, Alexis Hall, and Lark Taylor. Last Call - a slow-burn MM friends-to-lovers contemporary romance with mutual pining, forced proximity, meddling matchmakers, found family, and one chaotic Chicago summer. Heat Level: Light stream.
Book Four in the Breakout Sessions Series - standalones, read in any order.
