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They Were Roommates by Dawn Cutler-Tran

Not so Normative, Prequel

Dive into the captivating Not so Normative world with this exciting prequel, featuring Frankie and Diego.

Being the fun-loving, good time not a long time guy was going great for Frankie until he met the ruggedly handsome yet aloof Diego. At first, he thought meeting Diego could be the start to his enemies-to-lovers romance – except he doesn’t do romance. After Diego opens up to him about being trans, they become fast friends and eventually decide to open a business together. Frankie is sure he can be a mature business partner, but does that mean that’s all they can ever be?

Diego has spent a long time working towards becoming the man he is today, but he still has a long way to go, and a lot of goals he wants to achieve. The last thing he needs is the class flirt distracting him. But when Frankie proves to be a lot more than he seems, kind, intelligent and impossible to shake, Diego wonders if he can settle for starting a business together and just being roommates. What could possibly go wrong?

They Were Roommates is a cute MM romance that celebrates the rich diversity of trans-masculine, gay, demi, and omni characters. Explore the sweet and spicy moments these two roommates share as they open an inclusive cafe and form an affirming queer community together.

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Diego lost track of time as a few of his fraternity brothers cycled by the bar, wishing Diego a good summer and Diego congratulated the few he knew were graduating. When he finally got back to his couch, he was pretty drunk, and he somehow missed Frankie walking over to retrieve what must have been his coat from one of the chairs the women from Rainbow Club were occupying.

“Wow, Frankie, he’s cute. You going home with him?” the shorter woman, Lila, asked, winking lasciviously at him.

Diego focused his attention on the dance floor, his back turned to the three as Frankie responded, “I might be. Only one more week left of school; gotta make the best of it, right?”

“I actually assumed you were interested in someone else,” Jamie, the second woman, noted.

“Oh really?” Frankie answered, his voice sounding a little guarded to Diego even over the pounding of the house music.
“Yeah,” Jamie said and Diego could only imagine she was pointing, nodding, or somehow gesturing to someone in the room. Diego got a creeping sensation on the back of his neck like someone was looking at him.

“Her?” Frankie whispered in surprise and Diego’s fist clenched so hard he punctured the plastic cup in his hands. He could barely even feel the syrupy liquid dripping down his fingers as he waited for someone to say something. Anything. Because there was no way, absolutely no way, that after all this time Frankie would somehow misgender him.

“No, honey, not Linda. I know she’s not your type. I meant…” Lila’s voice dropped so low, Diego missed the end of her sentence. There was another moment of heated silence and Diego glanced up to see Linda, a recent ex-girlfriend of the fraternity president chatting with another junior at the bar.

Diego couldn’t help himself. He flicked a glance over his shoulder for just a moment and caught Jamie and Lila staring at him. Frankie was biting his lip and looking down at the table. Diego snapped his gaze back to look at Linda, but he was no longer really seeing her.

“Well… he is really hot. But… he’s my…” and Diego swore if he said buddy again, he was going to get up and give him a drunken piece of his mind, “…best friend.”