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Just Friends by Saxon James
A Never Just Friends Novel, Book 1
Roo
Five years ago, I walked away from Sunbury, Oregon, and left my best friend behind. The move was supposed to get my life on track. I even had a list.
Life-changing epilepsy surgery. Check.
See the world. Check.
Get over my straight best friend … Not exactly.
No matter where I go or who I meet, I can’t let Tanner go.
I’m back to tell him how I feel. To get the closure I need once and for all.
Only now I’m here and falling for him all over again, it’s getting harder to say the words.
Because once I have my closure, I’ll be gone.
And this time it will be for good.
Tanner
When my best friend, Roo, left for Australia, it was the worst day of my life.
I thought we’d have each other always.
But Roo needed the surgery so I let him go, thinking he’d come straight back.
Five years is a long time.
Now he’s here, all I want is to hold on tight.
I need to show him what he means to me.
The problem is, I’m not exactly sure what that is.
My draw to him has always been confusing and different—everyone in town says so. But I struggle to understand it.
All I know is I won’t survive him leaving again.
And I’ll do anything to make him stay.
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Roo tugs at my shirt and gets me moving again. “Come on, can’t have a pretty girl like you walking the streets at night.”
I pull a long-suffering inhale through my nose. “You’re ridiculous.”
“Says the fireman wearing lipstick.”
“Not like you gave me much choice.”
He laughs again as we enter our building, and I follow him into the elevator, where I get a first look at my face.
“Holy fuck, you let me out in public like this?”
He presses the button to our floor. “I love you no matter how you look.”
“Well, you should since it’s your fault I look this way.”
“You’re welcome, Princess Peach.”
We get to our floor, and the doors open.
“Prepare to die.” I growl.
Roo darts out ahead of me. He’s struggling with the lock when I catch up, and just as I get my hands on him, the door swings open and he ducks out of my hold again.
“You let me walk around in front of people, looking like a dickhead.”
“You do look like a dickhead.”
I lunge for him, and he laughs, quickly sidestepping me until the couch is between us. “You’re gonna regret this.”
“You shouldn’t frown, you know. Why don’t you try smiling for Daddy?”
“Call yourself daddy again, and I’ll throw up on this couch.”
“And? It’s your couch.”
“Which you will be sleeping on.”
“You’re trying to be tough like I don’t know you.”
“How’s this for tough?” I jump at him and grab hold of his shirt before he can sidestep me. He wriggles out of my grip, but I grab his shoulder, then manage to clamp my arm around his waist. Roo doesn’t give in easily, and we wrestle for a moment before I swipe out his legs and pin him to the couch. I yank up his shirt and press my mouth to his back, over and over, until there’s dark-purple smears all across his skin.
“Tanner, you ass!” He bucks under me, unbalancing us both, and we topple to the floor. I scramble back on top of him before he can get away. With my forearms pinning his chest and my leg holding down his thighs, he’s not going anywhere.
“Nice try, grasshopper.”
He growls out a garbled noise that gets lost in his laugh. “You’re cheating.”
“You can add that to the changed column, then.” I press my lips hard against his cheek and pull away, leaving a giant plum lip mark. “Now who’s the pretty girl?”
He struggles beneath me as I cover his forehead, his nose, then bypass his beard and start on his neck. Asshole is going to pay for me looking like a clown all night.
“Okay, Tanner, seriously, that’s enough.” His laughing has died down, and I pull away a little at his tone.
“Shit, am I hurting you?”
“No, just …” He squeezes his eyes closed.
Then I feel it.
Something growing hard against my hip.
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About Saxon:
Saxon James is an author from Australia who’s obsessed with writing queer characters. She has a range of books from YA to adult and they all have one thing in common: swoony, sweet love.
When not writing, Saxon exists on a diet of coffee and chocolate while putting her KU subscription to the test.
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