Daniel: I suck at interactions and don’t trust anyone, but you will find reasons for that. For one thing, every person I’ve ever cared about offers i want to down. The only recent exclusion: O’Leary’s city veterinarian . my brand-new best friend.

I found O’Leary for a fresh start. To pare stuff down to necessities. To overlook the failures in my own past. The very last thing I need is definitely complications, & most not at all a boyfriend.

Julian: I’ve lived in O’Leary my life and discovered to fly in about The Gift the radar a long time ago. I really do what’s expected, say what’s expected, and maintain myself whenever you can. It’s a hell of a lot simpler spending my time working with pets than looking to interact with real people. The main one unlikely exclusion: the beautiful guy who transferred to a cabin just outside of town and in some way became my greatest friend.

But friendships are complicated, and one morning I get myself accidentally telling the whole city the biggest lay of my life. Which is usually how Daniel Michaelson, my very straight, scorching closest friend becomes my false boyfriend, despite the fact that he’s most surely not my lover.