Tell Me Again

Every minute away from you is a minute too long.CoopIt's been ten years since he kissed me, and I can still feel it-his warm lips, his soft touch. He was my best friend, but then he abandoned me just before my entire life fell apart.When he shows up at the diner where I work, with his fancy job, new car, and beautiful fiancée, my heart feels like it's being ripped in two. Should I bury my feelings, forget the past, and give him a second chance at rebuilding our friendship, even though I know it can never be anything more than that?JoshTen years ago, I made the worst decision of my life in the aftermath of the only kiss that ever meant something to me. I never stopped loving him, even if I didn't get to tell him that.When I run into Coop at a small diner in rural Nebraska, all those feelings I suppressed for years are back, threatening to upend the perfect life I'd built. I've got two weeks to convince him I'm sorry. But can I keep my other feelings locked away, or will that sexy baseball cap of his be my undoing? Tell Me Again is a high-emotion, slow-burn(ish), second-chance(ish) MM contemporary romance set in a small town in rural Nebraska. It's a story of best friends to strangers to lovers, featuring past emotional trauma, found family, virgin MCs, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.Trigger warnings: references to alcoholism and an alcoholic parent, references to parental homophobia, mention of a parent who passed away from cancer, mention of past homelessness.