Daniel Garver's entire world had gone from a carefree teenager to one who realized people would make it a habit of leaving him after his parents had died. As an adult, it had only gotten worse, especially when his last link to the world, his brother P.J., was shot. His brother had survived but the thought of losing him had Daniel spiraling out of control. Until Manuel was brought into his life to give him a better outlet for his emotions – BDSM. Except, when he was finally getting control of his feelings, just like everyone else in his life, Manuel left him, too.
There was no doubt in Manuel Rodriguez's mind he'd totally fucked up when it came to Daniel. He'd been requested by his boss, Syn, who's partner was Daniel's brother to help Daniel come to grips with his fears about P.J. having been attacked. Instead, he'd spent the time with Daniel, imagining doing all sorts of naughty things with the sexy man. Mentally berating himself for perving on Daniel when he was supposed to be helping. He may have prided himself on being a self-assured Dom in the past, but it didn't stop him from running as far from Daniel as possible when he realized he wasn't going to be able to keep his dick away from P.J.'s little brother.
Abandoned once again, Daniel decided it was time for him to do something about it. Wearing next to nothing, he marches into Syn's Playground where Manuel works in hopes of getting Manuel back. Taking a deep breath when he lays eyes on the man he wants as his Dom, Daniel prays his plan doesn't backfire.
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